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Dhivehi

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /dɪˈvɛ.hiː/
  • /dɪˈveɪ.hiː/
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noun

Meaning 1

An Indo-Aryan language, the official language of the Republic of Maldives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Maldivian

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Dhivehi ދިވެހި (divehi).

Across languages

Translations

54 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Afrikaans: Maledivies — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Arabic: لُغَة اَلدِّيفِيهِي (luḡat ad-dīvēhī) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Aragonese: dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Armenian: մալդիվերեն (maldiveren) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Asturian: maldivianu — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Bengali: দিবেহী (dibehi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Bengali: মালদ্বীপী (maldipi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Breton: diveheg — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Bulgarian: дхивехи (dhivehi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 迪維希語 /迪维希语 (Díwéixīyǔ) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Czech: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Danish: maldivisk — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Dhivehi: ދިވެހި (divehi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Dutch: Divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Dutch: Maldivisch — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Dutch: Maledivisch — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Finnish: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • French: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Galician: maldivano — an Indo-Aryan language
  • German: Dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • German: Maledivisch — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Hindi: महल् (mahal) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Hindi: दिवॅही (divĕhī) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Hindi: मह्ल (mahla) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Indonesian: bahasa Divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Italian: maldiviano — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Japanese: ディベヒ語 (Dibehi-go) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Kazakh: дивехи (divexi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Korean: 디베히어 (Dibehi-eo) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Malay: bahasa Divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Marathi: दिवेही (divehī) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Norwegian Bokmål: maldivisk — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: maldivisk — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Persian: زبان دیوهی (zabân divehi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Polish: malediwski — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Portuguese: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Romanian: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Russian: мальди́вский язы́к (malʹdívskij jazýk) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Russian: мальди́вский (malʹdívskij) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Russian: дхиве́хи (dxivéxi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Russian: диве́хи (divéxi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Slovak: maldivčina — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Spanish: dhivehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Spanish: maldivo — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Swedish: divehi — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Tamil: திவெயி மொழி (tiveyi moḻi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Tamil: தீவுவாசிய மொழி (tīvuvāciya moḻi) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Thai: ภาษาดิเวฮิ (paasăa dìwayhí) — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Turkish: Divehi dili — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Turkish: Maldivce — an Indo-Aryan language
  • Welsh: difehi — an Indo-Aryan language