Dhivehi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit द्वादश (dvādaśa). Cognate with Sinhalese දොලොස් (dolos).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /d̪o.ɭas̺/, [d̪o.ɭäs̺]
  • Hyphenation: ދޮ‧ޅަސް

Numeral edit

ދޮޅަސް (doḷas)

  1. twelve
    Synonym: ބާރަ (bāra)

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދޮޅަސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 59