ބައި

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Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බාග (bāga), බා (). Doublet of ބާގަ (bāga) and ބެއި (bei).

Pronunciation

Noun

ބައި (bai) (plural ބައިތައް (baitak̊))

  1. share
  2. part, portion
  3. allotment
  4. moiety
  5. half; fraction, division

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26