Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Persian غر (“hour; watch; clock”). Cognate to Urdu غَرِی (ġarī, “a clock; a watch”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ɡə.ɖi/, [ɡə.ɖi]
- Hyphenation: ގަ‧ޑި
ގަޑި • (gaḍi) (plural ގަޑިތައް (gaḍitak̊))
- clock, watch, time-piece
- time
- hour
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގަޑި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 95
