Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic جَدّ (jadd), via Persian
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒa.d̪u/, [d͡ʒä.d̪u]
- Hyphenation: ޖަ‧ދު
ޖަދު • (jadu) (plural ޖަދުތައް (jadutak̊))
- ancestry, geneology, lineage, bloodline
- Synonyms: ގުރަނދަ (guraⁿda), މާތާޕިތާ (mātāpitā), ވަންހަ (van̊ha)
- tribe, house
- Synonyms: ބާގަ (bāga), ކުލަ (kula), ވަންގަ (van̊ga)
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ޖަދު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 129
