ފުރޭތަ

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit प्रेत (preta). Cognate to Sinhalese ප්රේත (prēta)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fu.ɾeː.t̪a/, [fu.ɾeː.t̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: ފު‧ރޭ‧ތަ

Noun

ފުރޭތަ • (furēta) (plural ފުރޭތަތައް (furētatak̊))

  1. ghost, phantom, phantasm, apparition, wraith, spook
  2. an evil being, especially animating the dead

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފުރޭތަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 92
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