ލޭ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀳𑀺𑀅 (lohia), from Sanskrit लोहित (lóhita). Cognate with Sinhalese ලේ (lē).

Noun

ލޭ • (lē) (plural ލޭތައް (lētak̊))

1. blood

Derived terms

• 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

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލޭ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “lṓhita”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press