ބައްޕަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Cognate with Sinhalese බප (bapa)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baʔ.pa/, [bäp̚.pä]
Hyphenation: ބައް‧ޕަ

Noun

ބައްޕަ • (bappa) (plural ބައްޕަތައް (bappatak̊))

father

Synonyms

އައްޕަ (appa)

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައްޕަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 28

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