މުށި

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ʂi/, [mu.ʂi]
• Hyphenation: މު‧ށި

Etymology 1

Cognate to Sinhalese මිටිය (miṭiya)

Noun

މުށި • (muṣi) (plural މުށިތައް (muṣitak̊))

1. a jeweller's hammer

Alternative forms

• މޫޓި (mūṭi) – Huvadhu
• މޫންޓާ (mūn̊ṭā) – Huvadhu
• މުއްޓާ (muṭṭā) – Huvadhu
• މީށި (mīṣi) – Addu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Cognate to Sinhalese මැටි (mæṭi)

Noun

މުށި • (muṣi) (plural މުށިތައް (muṣitak̊))

1. earthen
2. ceramic, porcelain

Adjective

މުށި • (muṣi) 

1. mud-coloured
2. light brown colour

Alternative forms

• މޭށި (mēṣi) – Mulaku

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 183