Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit कच्चू (kaccū). Cognate to Sinhalese කස් (kas)
Pronunciation[edit]
ކަސް • (kas) (plural ކަސްތައް (kastak̊))
- itch, scabies, pruritus, cutaneous eruption
Adjective[edit]
ކަސް • (kas)
- not refined, rough, inelegant, crude
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަސް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 139
