ބާގަ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බාග (bāga). Doublet of ބައި (bai) and ބެއި (bei).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bəːɡə/, [bəːɡə]

Noun[edit]

ބާގަ • (bāga) (plural ބާގަތައް (bāgatak̊))

  1. one half of one aduba
  2. tribe, clan

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބާގަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 22
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