ސަމުސާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian چَمْچَه (čamča)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /s̺a.mu.s̺aː/, [s̺ä.mu.s̺aː]
  • Hyphenation: ސަ‧މު‧ސާ

Noun

ސަމުސާ • (samusā) (plural ސަމުސާތައް)

  1. spoon, ladle
    Synonym: ދަބު (dabu)

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ސަމުސާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 216
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