ސަފު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic صَفّ (ṣaff), via Persian.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /s̺a.fu/, [s̺ä.fu]
  • Hyphenation: ސަ‧ފު

Noun[edit]

ސަފު • (safu) (plural ސަފުތައް (safutak̊))

  1. row, line, file, rank, queue
    Synonym: ރޮނގު (roⁿgu)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސަފު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 214
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