Where does “ބައްތި” come from?

ބައްތި (Dhivehi) comes from Hindi बत्ती, from Sanskrit वर्तिका, from Sanskrit वर्ती — anything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound.

ބައްތި (Dhivehi): lamp, light, beacon

Definitions

  1. lamp, light, beacon

Ancestry of “ބައްތި”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiबत्तीcandle, light; wick, fuse
2Sanskritवर्तिकाwick; quail
3Sanskritवर्तीanything rolled or wrapped round, a pad, a kind of bandage bound round a wound
Every word from Sanskrit वर्ती →Every word from Sanskrit वर्तिका →Every word from Hindi बत्ती →