Salahuddin was one of the most prolific writers of early modern Maldivian literature at a time named 'Era of Crawling' (Dhivehi: ޅަފަތުގެ ދައުރު, romanized: Lhafathuge Dhauru), and contributed to Maldivian literature.

In 1890, the Maldivian judge and poet Sheikh Muhammad Jamaluddin connected poetry with linguistic description in two ways. First, when he described features of the Dhivehi language with the aid of Arabic linguistic theory, he used Dhivehi poetry as linguistic evidence for correct usage.

Aminath Faiza (more popularly known as Daisymaa; 29 September 1924 – 25 February 2011) was a Maldivian Dhivehi language poet and author. Aminath Faiza began to write poetry at the age of 16. She was inspired by the late "Bodufen Valhugey Seedhi", a …

2022年3月11日 · In 1890, the Maldivian judge and poet Sheikh Muhammad Jamaluddin connected poetry with linguistic description in two ways. First, when he described features of the Dhivehi language with the aid of Arabic linguistic theory, he used Dhivehi poetry as linguistic evidence for correct usage.

His scholarship investigates Dhivehi-language song, poetry, and fiction of the Maldives; Sinhala-language song and poetry of Sri Lanka, and improvisation in South Indian classical music.

Before the twentieth century, the most popular form of poetry in Dhivehi, an Indo-Aryan language that is the official language of the Maldives, was known as raivaru. This form of poetry utilized a poetic device termed bas olhuvun, which literally means ‘word scrambling’, and refers to the scrambling of syllables.

2022年3月11日 · In 1890, the Maldivian judge and poet Sheikh Muhammad Jamaluddin connected poetry with linguistic description in two ways. First, when he described features of the Dhivehi language with the aid...

The most popular form of poetry in Dhivehi (an Indo-Aryan language of the Maldives) before the twentieth century, raivaru, utilizes the scrambling of syllables as a poetic device.

2022年3月11日 · In this article, I argue that Dhivehi-language poetry and linguistic description was inside the Arabic cosmopolis but simultaneously outside, because in circa 1890 non-Maldivians in the Arabic cosmopolis of South and Southeast Asia could not even read the Thaana script of the Dhivehi language.

2020年11月24日 · It is nice to write haikus in Dhivehi as the structure lends itself nicely to counting the syllables. The poems themselves seemed to take on a very self reflective nature, with common themes being the ocean, Maldivian life, and life in Male’ City. I have included english translations for each of them.