Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Tamil பட்டாசு (paṭṭācu)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fa.ʈaːs̪/, [fä.ʈaːs̪]
  • Hyphenation: ފަ‧ޓާސް

Noun edit

ފަޓާސް (faṭās) (plural ފަޓާސްތައް (faṭāstak̊))

  1. cracker, firecracker, squib

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފަޓާސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 79