ކައިރި

Dhivehi

Alternative forms
  • ކާރި (kāri)

Etymology

Cognate to Sinhalese කාර (kāra, “near, proximate”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.i.ɾi/, [kä.i.ɾi~kæː.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ކަ‧އި‧ރި

Adverb

ކައިރި • (kairi)

  1. near, close to

Adjective

ކައިރި • (kairi) 

  1. near, proximate
    Synonym: ގާތް (gāt̊)

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކައިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94
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