Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit चत्त्र (cattra). Cognate with Sinhalese සත (sata). Doublet of ހަތް (hat̊), ހަތި (hati), and ސަތު (satu).
Pronunciation[edit]
ހަތާ • (hatā)
- the ceremonial parasol of the Maldivian Sultan
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަތާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 112
