Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit चित्रा (citrā). Cognate to Sinhalese සිත (sita)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /hi.t̪a/, [hi.t̪ä]
- Hyphenation: ހި‧ތަ
ހިތަ • (hita) (plural ހިތަތައް (hitatak̊))
- The 14th asterism of the south-west monsoon
- the asterism Alpha in Virginis
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހިތަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 118
