Inherited from Sanskrit तर्कयति (tarkayati, “to conjecture; to infer”). Cognate with Sinhalese ටකනවා (ṭakanawā, “to regard, to heed”).
- IPA(key): /ʈə.kə.i/, [ʈə.kə.i~ʈə.kæː]
- Hyphenation: ޓަ‧ކަ‧އި
ޓަކައި • (ṭakai)
- for, out of regard to, on account of
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޓަކައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 229
