Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Cognate to Sinhalese තට්ටුව (taṭṭuwa)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /t̪aʔ.ʈu/, [t̪äʈ.ʈu]
  • Hyphenation: ތައް‧ޓު

Noun edit

ތައްޓު (taṭṭu) (plural ތައްޓުތައް (taṭṭutak̊))

  1. deck (of a ship)
  2. (India) ceiling, upper floor

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތައްޓު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 233