ގުރަނދަ
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Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit ग्रन्थ (grantha). Cognate to Sinhalese ග්රන්ථ (grantha)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ގުރަނދަ • (guraⁿda) (plural ގުރަނދަތައް (guraⁿdatak̊)) (archaic)
- metrical composition, poem, stanza
- Synonym: ކާ (kā)
- ancestry, genealogy, lineage, pedigree
- (historical) official proclamation read by the aboonaa on the day of the coronation of a sultan