ހަޖޫ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic هَجْو (hajw), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.d͡ʒuː/, [hä.d͡ʒuː]
• Hyphenation: ހަ‧ޖޫ

Noun

ހަޖޫ • (hajū) (plural ހަޖޫތައް (hajūtak̊))

1. ridicule, taunt, scoffing, lampoonery

   Synonym: މަލާމާތް (malāmāt̊)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަޖޫ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 109