Dhivehi Vocablary - part 1

Dhivehi language is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by around 350,000 Maldivians and nearly 10,000 people of minicoiy island. Dhivehi is national  language of Maldives. In earlier the language is used to be written in Eveyla akuru and Dhives akuru. But now the Maldivians use new script called Thaana.    Here are some vocabularies.

 

Family Relationship      ___________         Aaily gulhunthah

Word                                                          Dhivehi     

Aunt                                                            bodu dhaitha   

Brother                                                        beybe

Brother-in-law                                             lhiyanu

Cousin                                                         dhebenge dhedhari

Daughter                                                      anhen dhari

Daughter-in-law                                           lhee dhari

Father                                                          bappa

Father-in-law                                               bafaa kaleyge

Grandfather                                                 kaafa

Grandmother                                               maama

Great great great-grand father                      hooru kaafa

Great great great-grand mother                    hooru maama

Great great-grand father                              muni muni kaafa

Great great-grand mother                            muni muni maama

Great-grand father                                      muni kaafa

Great-grand mother                                    muni maama

Husband                                                     firimeeha

Mother                                                      mamma

Mother-in-law                                            maidhaatha

Nephew                                                     ehban’du ebbafaa meehage firihendhari

Niece                                                         ehban’du ebbafaa meehage anhendhari

Sister                                                         dhahtha

Sister-in-law                                              fahari

Son                                                           firihen dhari

Son-in-law                                                dhan’bi dhari

Step-father                                               dhon bappa

Step-mother                                             dhon mamma

Uncle                                                       bodu beybe

Wife                                                        an’bi meehaa / anhenun