Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit सिद्ध (siddha). Cognate to Sinhalese සිද්ධ (siddha). Doublet of ހިނދު (hiⁿdu) and ސިއްދަ (sidda)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /s̺i.d̪e/, [s̺i.d̪e]
  • Hyphenation: ސި‧ދެ

Adverb

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ސިދެ (side)

  1. (archaic) while, concurrently, at the same time

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިދެ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 223