Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَيِّد (sayyid), via Persian

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̪aʔ.ji.d̪u/, [s̪äj.ji.d̪u]
  • Hyphenation: ސައް‧ޔި‧ދު

Noun

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ސައްޔިދު (sayyidu) (plural ސައްޔިދުތައް (sayyidutak̊))

  1. a male given name from Arabic
  2. Sayyid (title of a male descendant of prophet Muhammad)