ވިލާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वलाहक (valāhaka). Cognate to Sinhalese වලා (walā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ʋiləː]
(Fuvahmulah) IPA^(key): [ʋeləː]

Noun

ވިލާ • (vilā) (plural ވިލާތައް (vilātak̊))

cloud
brume

Synonyms

ކާ (kā)
ނާކާ (nākā)

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވިލާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 257

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