ގުރަނދަ
Dhivehi
editEtymology
editSemi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha). Cognate to Sinhalese ග්රන්ථ (grantha)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editގުރަނދަ • (guraⁿda) (plural ގުރަނދަތައް (guraⁿdatak̊)) (archaic)
- metrical composition, poem, stanza
- Synonym: ކާ (kā)
- ancestry, genealogy, lineage, pedigree
- (historical) official proclamation read by the aboonaa on the day of the coronation of a sultan