ހުކުރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, “Venus”), from which शुक्रवार (śukravāra, “Friday”) is derived. Cognate with Sinhalese සිකුරාදා (sikurādā).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /hu.ku.ɾu/, [hu.ku.ɾu]
Hyphenation: ހު‧ކު‧ރު

Noun[edit]

ހުކުރު • (hukuru) (plural ހުކުރުތައް (hukurutak̊))

Friday

References[edit]

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުކުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122

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