ފީތާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita. Cognate to Hindi फ़ीता (fītā) and Urdu فیتہ (fītā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiː.t̪aː/, [fiː.t̪aː]
• Hyphenation: ފީ‧ތާ

Noun

ފީތާ • (fītā) (plural ފީތާތައް (fītātak̊))

1. ribbon, riband, strip, tape

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފީތާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 81