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Dhivehi
Etymology
From earlier 𑤀𑤘𑤾𑤘𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aḍḍuvu), 𑤀𑤖𑤾𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aṭduvu);[1] equivalent to އަށް (aṣ̊, “eight”) + ދޫ (dū, “island”).[2]
In modern Dhivehi, this compound would be formed with the plural ދޫތައް (dūtak̊), but in Early Dhivehi, the bare noun stem can be used as a plural.[3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aʔ.ɖuː/,
- Hyphenation: އައް‧ޑޫ
Proper noun
އައްޑޫ • (aḍḍū)
- Addu (a city in the Maldives)
- Addu (an atoll in the Maldives)
Descendants
References
- ^ Jost Gippert (2013) “An unusual account of the Miʿrāǧ”, in Elisabetta Raganin, Jens Wilkins, editors, Kutadgu Nom Bitig:
Festschrift für Jens Peter Laut zum 60. Geburtstag (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica; 87), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176.
- ^ Amalia E. Gnanadesikan (2017) “Phonology and Writing System”, in Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives (Mouton-CASL Grammar Series), number 3, De Gruyter Mouton, →DOI, →ISBN, page 36.
- ^ Sonja Fritz (2002) “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 69