ހަނޑޫ
Dhivehi
Alternative forms
- ސަނޑޫ (saⁿḍū)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit तण्डुल (taṇḍula, “grain (after threshing and winnowing)”). Cognate to Sinhalese තණ්ඩුල (taṇḍula, “thrashed and winnowed grain”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hə.ᶯɖuː/, [hə.ᶯɖuː]
- Hyphenation: ހަ‧ނޑޫ
Noun
ހަނޑޫ • (haⁿḍū) (plural ހަނޑޫތައް (haⁿḍūtak̊))
- uncooked rice
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ހަނޑޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 108.