ސިޓީ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ʈiː/, [si.ʈiː]
• Hyphenation: ސި‧ޓީ

Etymology 1

From English city.

Noun

ސިޓީ • (siṭī) (plural ސިޓީތައް (siṭītak̊))

1. city

   Synonym: ޝަހަރު (šaharu)

Etymology 2

From Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), from Urdu ٹِّھی (ṭṭhī).

Noun

ސިޓީ • (siṭī) (plural ސިޓީތައް (siṭītak̊))

1. letter (written message)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިޓީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225