ގެހި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गच्छ (gaccha). Cognate to Sinhalese ගස (gasa). Doublet of ގަސް (gas) and ގަހާ (gahā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡe.hi/, [ɡe.hi]
• Hyphenation: ގެ‧ހި

Noun

ގެހި • (gehi) (plural ގެހިތައް (gehitak̊))

1. (archaic) plants that spread on the ground, creeper, runner

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގެހި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 99