ދިގު
Dhivehi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दीर्घ (dīrghá). Compare Sinhalese දිග (diga), දිගු (digu), දිඟු (diⁿgu), දිග් (dig), දික් (dik), Sindhi ڊِگهو (ḍigho) / डिघो, Assamese দীঘ (digh), দীঘল (dighol), Kalasha dríga.
Adjective
ދިގު • (digu)
- long, tall, lengthy, stretched
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) , “ދިގު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “dīrghá (6368)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press