Where does “ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ” come from?
ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (Dhivehi) comes from Arabic جُمْهُورِيَّة, from Ottoman Turkish جمهوریت, from Latin rēspublica, from Latin rēs, from Latin vindicatio, from Latin vindicō, from Latin vindex, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ (Dhivehi): republic
Definitions
- republic
Ancestry of “ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | جُمْهُورِيَّة | republic |
| 2 | Ottoman Turkish | جمهوریت | republic |
| 3 | Latin | rēspublica | a republic, commonwealth; the state, nation |
| 4 | Latin | rēs | thing, object, stuff |
| 5 | Latin | vindicatio | civil lawsuit; protection, defence; vindication;... |
| 6 | Latin | vindicō | to lay claim to as one's own (often with sibi) |
| 7 | Latin | vindex | claimant, vindicator |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |