Dhivehi

See also: dhivehi

English

Alternative forms

• Divehi

Etymology

From Dhivehi ދިވެހި‎ (divehi).

Noun

Dhivehi (uncountable)

1. An Indo-Aryan language, the official language of the Republic of Maldives.

Synonyms

• Maldivian

Translations

an Indo-Aryan language

• Arabic: لُغَة اَلدِّيفِيهِي‎ f (luḡat ad-dīvēhī)
• Aragonese: dhivehi
• Armenian: մալդիվերեն (maldiveren)
• Bengali: দিবেহী (dibehi), মালদ্বীপী (maldipi)
• Breton: diveheg
• Bulgarian: дхивехи (dhivehi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 迪維希語 (zh), 迪维希语 (zh) (Díwéixīyǔ)

• Czech: divehi
• Danish: maldivisk
• Dhivehi: ދިވެހި‎ (dv) (divehi)
• Dutch: Divehi, Maldivisch (nl) n, Maledivisch (nl) n
• Finnish: divehi (fi)
• French: divehi (fr)
• German: Dhivehi n, Maledivisch (de)
• Hindi: महल् (mahal), दिवॅही f (divĕhī), मह्ल (mahla)
• Indonesian: bahasa Divehi
• Italian: maldiviano (it) m
• Japanese: ディベヒ語 (ja) (Dibehi-go)

• Kazakh: дивехи (divexi)
• Korean: 디베히어 (Dibehi-eo)
• Malay: bahasa Divehi
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dhivehi (no), maldivisk

  Nynorsk: dhivehi, maldivisk (nn)

• Persian: زبان دیوهی‎ (zabân divehi)
• Polish: malediwski (pl) m
• Portuguese: divehi (pt) m
• Romanian: divehi
• Russian: мальди́вский язы́к m (malʹdívskij jazýk), мальди́вский (ru) m (malʹdívskij), дхиве́хи m (dxivéxi), диве́хи (ru) m (divéxi)
• Slovak: maldivčina f
• Spanish: dhivehi (es) m, maldivo (es) m
• Swedish: divehi (sv)
• Tamil: திவெயி மொழி (tiveyi moḻi)
• Thai: ภาษาดิเวฮิ (paasăa dìwayhí)
• Turkish: Divehi dili
• Welsh: difehi

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code dv, ISO 639-3 code div (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Dhivehi, div