ހަޖޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw), via Persian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ha.d͡ʒuː/, [hä.d͡ʒuː]
  • Hyphenation: ހަ‧ޖޫ

Noun

ހަޖޫ • (hajū) (plural ހަޖޫތައް (hajūtak̊))

  1. ridicule, taunt, scoffing, lampoonery
    Synonym: މަލާމާތް (malāmāt̊)

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަޖޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109
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