ބައި
Dhivehi
Etymology
Cognate with Sinhalese බාග (bāga), බා (bā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bəi/, [bæː]
Noun
ބައި • (bai) (plural ބައިތައް (baitak̊))
- share
- part, portion
- allotment
- moiety
- half; fraction, division
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ބައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26.