ބައި

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit भाग (bhāga). Cognate with Sinhalese බාග (bāga), බා (bā). Doublet of ބާގަ (bāga) and ބެއި (bei).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bəi/, [bæː]

Noun

ބައި • (bai) (plural ބައިތައް (baitak̊))

  1. share
  2. part, portion
  3. allotment
  4. moiety
  5. half; fraction, division

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26
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