Where does “ދިޔަ” come from?

ދިޔަ (Dhivehi) comes from Sanskrit जगत.

ދިޔަ (Dhivehi): world, earth

Definitions

  1. world, earth

Ancestry of “ދިޔަ”, step by step

ދިޔަ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit जगत

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritजगत—

via Arabic دِيَة

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicدِيَة—
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