ގަޑި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian غر (“hour; watch; clock”). Cognate to Urdu غَرِی (ġarī, “a clock; a watch”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡə.ɖi/, [ɡə.ɖi]
  • Hyphenation: ގަ‧ޑި

Noun

ގަޑި • (gaḍi) (plural ގަޑިތައް (gaḍitak̊))

  1. clock, watch, time-piece
  2. time
  3. hour

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގަޑި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 95
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