ފީތާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese fita. Cognate to Hindi फ़ीता (fītā) and Urdu فیتہ (fītā)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fiː.t̪aː/, [fiː.t̪aː]
  • Hyphenation: ފީ‧ތާ

Noun

ފީތާ • (fītā) (plural ފީތާތައް)

  1. ribbon, riband, strip, tape

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ފީތާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 81
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