ލަހުޖާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian لهجه

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.hu.d͡ʒəː/, [lə.hu.d͡ʒəː]
• Hyphenation: ލަ‧ހު‧ޖާ

Noun

ލަހުޖާ • (lahujā) (plural ލަހުޖާތައް (lahujātak̊))

1. dialect, vernacular, parlance, patois
2. accent

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލަހުޖާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 154