ބޭރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाह्य (bāhya, outer, exterior). Cognate to Sinhalese බැහැර (bæhæra, outer, exterior).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beː.ɾu/, [beː.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ބޭ‧ރު

Adjective

ބޭރު • (bēru) 

  1. outer, exterior
  2. external
  3. foreign, strange, alien

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޭރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 33
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