Etymology
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Inherited from Sanskrit शोभन (śobhana). Cognate to Sinhalese සොබන (sobana, “beautiful, handsome”)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /s̺oː.bu.n̪u/, [s̺oː.bu.n̪u]
- Hyphenation: ސޯ‧ބު‧ނު
Adjective
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ސޯބުނު • (sōbunu) (archaic)
- beautiful, comely, pretty, attractive
- Synonyms: ރީތި (rīti), ޗާލު (cālu), ދަވަޅު (davaḷu)
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސޯބުނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 226
