Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit षष्षष्टि (ṣaṣṣaṣṭi). Cognate with Sinhalese සසැට (sasæṭa).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̺əhəʈːi/, [s̺əhəʈːi]

Numeral

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ސަހައްޓި (sahaṭṭi)

  1. sixty-six
    Synonym: ފަސްދޮޅަސްހައެއް (fasdoḷashaek̊)

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަހައްޓި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 215