ރާހި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राशि (rāśí). Cognate to Sinhalese රාෂි (rāṣi)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɾəː.hi/, [ɾəː.hi]
  • Hyphenation: ރާ‧ހި

Noun[edit]

ރާހި (rāhi) (plural ރާހިތައް (rāhitak̊))

  1. astrological sign, zodiac sign

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރާހި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 203