Where does “ޛާލު” come from?

ޛާލު (Dhivehi) comes from Arabic ذَال.

ޛާލު (Dhivehi): Name of the twenty-eighth letter in the Thaana alphabet (ޛ)

Definitions

  1. Name of the twenty-eighth letter in the Thaana alphabet (ޛ)

Ancestry of “ޛާލު”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicذَال
Every word from Arabic ذَال
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