ގުރަނދަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha). Cognate to Sinhalese ග්‍රන්ථ (grantha)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡu.ɾa.ⁿd̪a/, [ɡu.ɾä.ⁿd̪ä]
  • Hyphenation: ގު‧ރަ‧ނދަ

Noun

ގުރަނދަ • (guraⁿda) (plural ގުރަނދަތައް (guraⁿdatak̊)) (archaic)

  1. metrical composition, poem, stanza
    Synonym: ކާ (kā)
  2. ancestry, genealogy, lineage, pedigree
    Synonyms: މާތާޕިތާ (mātāpitā), ޖަދު (jadu), ވަންހަ (van̊ha)
  3. (historical) official proclamation read by the aboonaa on the day of the coronation of a sultan

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގުރަނދަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 105
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