މަލަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मलय (malaya, “name of a mountain range on the west of Malabar, the western Ghats”). Cognate to Sinhalese මලය (malaya, “mountainous, wild”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ma.la/, [mä.lä]
  • Hyphenation: މަ‧ލަ

Noun

މަލަ • (mala) (plural މަލަތައް (malatak̊))

  1. outline of land on the horizon
  2. profile of land seen against the horizon
  3. skyline

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މަލަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 165
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