ލޭ
Dhivehi
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Alternative forms
edit- ލެއި (lei) — Addu Dhivehi, Mulaku Dhivehi
Etymology
editInherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia), from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita).[1] Cognate with Sinhalese ලේ (lē).
Noun
editލޭ • (lē) (plural ލޭތައް (lētak̊))[2][3]
Derived terms
edit- ހާދަ ލޭ ކެކޭ ކުޅުމެކް (hāda lē kekē kuḷumek̊)
- ލޭ ބޯ ފަނި (lē bō fani)
- ލޭ ކެކެނީ (lē kekenī)
- ލޭ ލަނީ (lē lanī)
- ލޭހޮޅި (lēhoḷi)
- ލޭނާރު (lēnāru)
- ލޭކަރުނަ (lēkaruna)
References
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- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660: “Md. lē 'blood' … Md. lei, lē”
- ^ Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލޭ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 156
- ^ Reynolds, Christopher Hanby Baillie (2003) “ލެއި - ލޭ”, in A Maldivian Dictionary, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE: RoutledgeCurzon, page 332
Categories:
- Dhivehi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Dhivehi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁rewdʰ-
- Dhivehi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Dhivehi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *Hrawdʰ-
- Dhivehi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Dhivehi terms derived from the Proto-Indo-Aryan root *Hrawdʰ-
- Dhivehi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan
- Dhivehi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Dhivehi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Dhivehi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Dhivehi terms derived from Prakrit
- Dhivehi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Dhivehi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Dhivehi lemmas
- Dhivehi nouns
- dv:Bodily fluids