Cognate to Sinhalese මුගටිය (mugaṭiya).
- IPA(key): /muɡoʂi/
- Hyphenation: މު‧ގޮ‧ށި
މުގޮށި • (mugoṣi) (plural މުގޮށިތައް (mugoṣitak̊))
- mongoose
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުގޮށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 180