Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sinhalese පිලි (pili)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fi.li/, [fi.li]
  • Hyphenation: ފި‧ލި

Noun

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ފިލި (fili) (plural ފިލިތައް (filitak̊))

  1. symbol of a vowel, vowel point, diacritical mark

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިލި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 82