ސުބަ

Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit शुभ (śubha, “beautiful; pleasing”). Cognate to Sinhalese සුබ (suba)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /s̺u.bə/, [s̺u.bə]
Hyphenation: ސު‧ބަ

Noun edit

ސުބަ • (suba) (plural ސުބަތައް (subatak̊))

auspicious time, propitious time, favourable time
faultlessness, innocence, purity

References edit

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސުބަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 226

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