ލަހުޖާ

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Persian لهجه

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lə.hu.d͡ʒəː/, [lə.hu.d͡ʒəː]
  • Hyphenation: ލަ‧ހު‧ޖާ

Noun[edit]

ލަހުޖާ (lahujā) (plural ލަހުޖާތައް (lahujātak̊))

  1. dialect, vernacular, parlance, patois
  2. accent

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ލަހުޖާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 154