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Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.ɖu/,
- Hyphenation: މަ‧ޑު
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sanskrit मण्ड (maṇḍa, “the scum of boiled rice (or any grain)”). Cognate to Sinhalese මඩ (maḍa, “scum, mud, mire”). Doublet of މަޑޮ (maḍo)
Noun
މަޑު • (maḍu) (plural މަޑުތައް (maḍutak̊))
- mud, dirt, mire
- eye-wax, ear-wax, cerumen
Etymology 2
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Adjective
މަޑު • (maḍu)
- soft
- Antonym: ހަރު (haru)
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މަޑު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 163