Thaana
English
Alternative forms
- Taana, Tāna
Etymology
Borrowed from Dhivehi ތާނަ (tāna).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtɑː.nə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtɑ.nə/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈtɐː.nə/
- (Indic) IPA(key): /ˈtaː.na/
- Rhymes: -ɑːnə
- Homophone: thana
Proper noun
Thaana
- The modern writing system of the Dhivehi language spoken in the Maldives.
- 2022 September, “Version 15.0 – Core Specification”, in Unicode[1], Unicode Consortium, page 535:
- The Thaana script is written from right to left. Conformant implementations of Thaana script must use the Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm (see Unicode Standard Annex #9, “Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm”).