Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw), via Persian
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ha.d͡ʒuː/, [hä.d͡ʒuː]
- Hyphenation: ހަ‧ޖޫ
ހަޖޫ • (hajū) (plural ހަޖޫތައް (hajūtak̊))
- ridicule, taunt, scoffing, lampoonery
- Synonym: މަލާމާތް (malāmāt̊)
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަޖޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109