ގަވި

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit *गावुत (gāvuta). Cognate to Sinhalese ගවුව (gawuwa), Hindi गौ (gau), Gujarati ગાઉ (gāu), and Sindhi ڳَاءُو (g̠āū)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ʋi/, [ɡä.ʋi]
• Hyphenation: ގަ‧ވި

Noun

ގަވި • (gavi) (plural ގަވިތައް (gavitak̊))

1. league

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގަވި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 98