ކިލާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कच्चर (kaccara). Cognate to Sinhalese කලල (kalala). Doublet of ކަލައް (kalak̊)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ki.laː/, [ki.laː]
Hyphenation: ކި‧ލާ

Noun

ކިލާ • (kilā) (plural ކިލާތައް (kilātak̊))

dirt, mud

Adjective

ކިލާ • (kilā)

dirty, muddy

Synonyms

ބިން (bin̊)
ބުވަނަ (buvana)
ދިޔަ (diya)
ދުނިޔެ (duniye)
ފަސް (fas)
ލޯވަށި (lōvaṣi)
ވެލި (veli)

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 144

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