ޖަމަލު

Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Arabic جَمَل (jamal), from Proto-West Semitic *gamal-.^[1]

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): [ˈd͡ʒəməlu]

Noun edit

ޖަމަލު • (jamalu) (plural ޖަމަލުތައް (jamalutak̊))

(female) camel
Coordinate term: އޮށް (oṣ̊, “male camel”)

References edit

^ Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އޮށް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 196

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