Inherited from Sanskrit रचयति (racayati, “to place in or on, to adorn”). Cognate to Sinhalese සරසනවා (sarasanawā, “to attire, to decorate”)
- IPA(key): /s̺ə.ɾu.s̺ə.n̪ə/, [s̺ə.ɾu.s̺ə.n̪ə]
- Hyphenation: ސަ‧ރު‧ސަ‧ނަ
ސަރުސަނަ • (sarusana) (archaic)
- beautiful, handsome
- Synonyms: ޗާލު (cālu), ރީތި (rīti), ދަވަޅު (davaḷu), ސޯބުނު (sōbunu)
- exalted, dignified
- Synonyms: މޫރިތި (mūriti), އިތުރު (ituru)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަރުސަނަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 218