Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजन (rājana). Cognate to Sinhalese රාජ (rāja). Doublet of ރާދަ (rāda) and ރަދުން (radun̊)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ra.d͡ʒa/, [rä.d͡ʒä]
- Hyphenation: ރަ‧ޖަ
ރަޖަ • (raja) (plural ރަޖަތައް (rajatak̊))
- (archaic) king, sovereign, monarch
- Synonym: އާދިފަތި (ādifati)
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރަޖަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 205
