ފިލާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पल्लव (pallava, “a sprout, shoot, twig, spray, bud, blossom”). Cognate to Sinhalese පල්ල (palla, “bud”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fi.laː/, [fi.laː]
  • Hyphenation: ފި‧ލާ

Noun

ފިލާ • (filā) (plural ފިލާތައް (filātak̊))

  1. (archaic) plants that grow high, trees

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 82
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