ސިޓީ

Dhivehi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /si.ʈiː/, [si.ʈiː]
  • Hyphenation: ސި‧ޓީ

Etymology 1

From English city.

Noun

ސިޓީ • (siṭī) (plural ސިޓީތައް (siṭītak̊))

  1. city
    Synonym: ޝަހަރު (šaharu)

Etymology 2

From Hindi चिट्ठी (ciṭṭhī), from Urdu ٹِّھی (ṭṭhī).

Noun

ސިޓީ • (siṭī) (plural ސިޓީތައް (siṭītak̊))

  1. letter (written message)
References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިޓީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225
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