Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Sanskrit शत (śata) + एक (eka); the expected Dhivehi development of Sanskrit शत (śata) would be *ހިޔަ (*hiya) (compare obsolete dialectal ހިއަ (hia)). Doublet of ހިޔަ (hiya).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /s̺əteːkə/, [s̺əteːkə]

Numeral edit

ސަތޭކަ (satēka)

  1. hundred

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަތޭކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 219