މުށި

Dhivehi

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mu.ʂi/, [mu.ʂi]
  • Hyphenation: މު‧ށި

Etymology 1

Cognate to Sinhalese මිටිය (miṭiya)

Noun

މުށި • (muṣi) (plural މުށިތައް (muṣitak̊))

  1. a jeweller's hammer
Alternative forms
  • މޫޓި (mūṭi) – Huvadhu
  • މޫންޓާ (mūn̊ṭā) – Huvadhu
  • މުއްޓާ (muṭṭā) – Huvadhu
  • މީށި (mīṣi) – Addu

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit मृत्तिका (mṛttikā). Cognate to Sinhalese මැටි (mæṭi)

Noun

މުށި • (muṣi) (plural މުށިތައް (muṣitak̊))

  1. earthen
  2. ceramic, porcelain

Adjective

މުށި • (muṣi) 

  1. mud-coloured
  2. light brown colour
Alternative forms
  • މޭށި (mēṣi) – Mulaku

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 183
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