ސައުރަޔާޅީސް

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चतुश्चत्वारिंशत् (catuścatvāriṃśat). Cognate with Sinhalese සිවුසාළිස (siwusāḷisa) and Hindi छवालीस (chavālīs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺a.u.ra.jaː.ɭiːs̺/, [s̺ä.u.ɾä.jaː.ɭiːs̺]
• Hyphenation: ސަ‧އު‧ރަ‧ޔާ‧ޅީސް

Numeral

ސައުރަޔާޅީސް • (saurayāḷīs)

1. forty-four, 44

   Synonyms: ސާޅޫސްހަތަރެއް (sāḷūshatarek̊), (duodecimal) ތިންދޮޅަސްއަށެއް (tin̊doḷasaṣek̊)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސައުރަޔާޅީސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 221