Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Sinhalese මුගටිය (mugaṭiya).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /muɡoʂi/
  • Hyphenation: މު‧ގޮ‧ށި

Noun edit

މުގޮށި (mugoṣi) (plural މުގޮށިތައް (mugoṣitak̊))

  1. mongoose

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުގޮށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 180