Etymology
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Borrowed from Hindi गैँड़ा (ga͠iṛā)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /ɡen̪.ɖaː/, [ɡen̪.ɖaː]
- Hyphenation: ގެން‧ޑާ
ގެންޑާ • (gen̊ḍā) (plural ގެންޑާތައް (gen̊ḍātak̊))
- a rhinoceros
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގެންޑާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 99