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Dhivehi
Etymology
Inherited from Helu Prakrit -𑀅𑀣 (-aṭa /-aṭṭā/), -𑀅𑀣𑀬 (-aṭaya /-aṭṭāya/), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀸𑀬 (aṭṭhāya), from Sanskrit अर्थाय (arthāya), dative singular of अर्थ (artha, “purpose”).
Pronunciation
Suffix
އަހް • (-ak')
- dative case suffix
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަހް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 9