From earlier*𑤆𑤖𑤳(*eṭu),Inherited fromPrakrit𑀅𑀝𑁆𑀞𑀺(aṭṭhi), fromAshokan Prakrit*𑀅𑀱𑁆𑀝𑀺(*aṣṭi), fromSanskritअष्ठि(aṣṭhi).[1]
- އެށަ(eṣa) —Addu, Fua Mulaku
އޮށް• (oṣ̊) (pluralއޮށްތައް)
- seed,germ
- stone(of afruit)
- spore(of afungus)
- testicle
From earlier𑤉𑤖𑤳(oṭu),[2]inherited fromPrakrit𑀉𑀝𑁆𑀝(uṭṭa), fromAshokan Prakrit*𑀉𑀱𑁆𑀝(*uṣṭa),*𑀉𑀱𑁆𑀝𑁆𑀭(*uṣṭra), fromSanskritउष्ट्र(uṣṭra). Cognate toSinhaleseඔටුවා(oṭuwā).[1]
އޮށް• (oṣ̊) (pluralއޮށްތައް)
- malecamel
- Coordinate term:ޖަމަލު(jamalu,“(female) camel”)
- ↑1.01.1Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “އޮށް”, inA Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka,page196
- ^Jost Gippert (2013), “An Outline of the History of Maldivian Writing”, in Shu-Fen Chen, Benjamin Slade, editors,Grammatica et verba: Glamor and verve: Studies in South Asian, historical, and Indo-European linguistics in honor of Hans Henrich Hock, Ann Arbor: Beech Stave Press,→ISBN, page85: “MiDh ODhoṭu”.
