Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit राजन् (rā́jan) or Pali rājan.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ރަދުން (radun̊) (plural ރަދުންތައް (radun̊tak̊))

  1. king, sultan

Further reading

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ރަދުން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 204
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