ސިއްކަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian سِکّه (sekke), from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka). Compare Urdu سکہ (sikkā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺iʔ.ka/, [s̺ik̚.kä]
• Hyphenation: ސިއް‧ކަ

Noun

ސިއްކަ • (sikka) (plural ސިއްކަތައް (sikkatak̊))

1. seal, signet, sigil, stamp, stamp, imprint, impression, mark
2. stamped coin

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިއްކަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 224