ވައި

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit वात (vātá).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ވައި (vai) (plural ވައިތައް (vaitak̊))

  1. air
  2. wind

Further reading

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވައި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vātá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press