އައްޑޫ

އައްޑޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

From earlier 𑤀𑤘𑤾𑤘𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aḍḍuvu), 𑤀𑤖𑤾𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (aṭduvu)[1]; equivalent to އަށް‎ (aṣ̊, “eight”) +‎ ދޫ‎ (dū, “island”).[2]

In modern Dhivehi, this compound would be formed with the plural ދޫތައް‎ (dūtak̊), but in Early Dhivehi, the bare noun stem can be used as a plural.[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əɖːuː/

Proper noun

އައްޑޫ • (aḍḍū)

1. Addu (a city in the Maldives)
2. Addu (an atoll in the Maldives)

Descendants

• → English: Addu

References

1. Jost Gippert (2013), “An unusual account of the Miʿrāǧ”, in Elisabetta Raganin, Jens Wilkins, editors, Kutadgu Nom Bitig:Festschrift für Jens Peter Laut zum 60. Geburtstag (Veröffentlichungen der Societas Uralo-Altaica), Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176.
2. Amalia E. Gnanadesikan (2017), “Phonology and Writing System”, in Dhivehi: The Language of the Maldives (Mouton-CASL Grammar Series), De Gruyter Mouton, DOI:10.1515/9781614512349, →ISBN, page 36.
3. Sonja Fritz (2002), “Morphology”, in The Dhivehi language - a descriptive and historical grammar of Maldivian and its dialects (Beiträge zur Südasienforschung; 191), Würzburg: Ergon Verlag, page 69