މެހެތި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms
  • މަހެތި (maheti)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit महत्त्व (mahattva, “great size or extent, magnitude”). Cognate to Sinhalese මහත (mahata, “bulk, size, magnitude”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.he.t̪i/, [me.he.t̪i]
  • Hyphenation: މެ‧ހެ‧ތި

Adjective

މެހެތި • (meheti)  (archaic)

  1. fat, obese, stout, corpulent, portly, rotund
    Synonyms: ފޮއް (fok̊), މޮޓަ (moṭa)
  2. bulky, massive
  3. big, large
    Synonyms: ބޮޑު (boḍu), ފުރަ (fura), ހައިބަ (haiba), މަހާ (mahā)

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މެހެތި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 172
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