Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit भेद (bheda). Cognate to Sinhalese බේද (bēda)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /biː.d̪a/, [biː.d̪ä]
- Hyphenation: ބީ‧ދަ
ބީދަ • (bīda) (plural ބީދަތައް (bīdatak̊))
- (archaic) school of thought, sect, party
Adjective[edit]
ބީދަ • (bīda)
- (archaic) like, similar, resembling
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބީދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32
