Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit दोहद (dohada). Cognate to Sinhalese දොළ (doḷa). Doublet of ދޮޅު (doḷu)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /d̪oː.ɭu/, [d̪oː.ɭu]
  • Hyphenation: ދޯ‧ޅު

Noun

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ދޯޅު (dōḷu) (plural ދޯޅުތައް (dōḷutak̊))

  1. a fatty substance lining the inside of endosperm of the coconut at the time of germinating

Adjective

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ދޯޅު (dōḷu) 

  1. docile, domesticated, tame, amenable, broken, amicable, chummy, acquiescent
  2. fond of, dear, attached to

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދޯޅު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 58