ބިރިކި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /biɾiki/, [biɾiki]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English bridge.

Noun[edit]

ބިރިކި • (biriki) (plural ބިރިކިތައް (birikitak̊))

  1. bridge (of a ship)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިރިކި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English brig.

Noun[edit]

ބިރިކި • (biriki) (plural ބިރިކިތައް (birikitak̊))

  1. brig, brigantine

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިރިކި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35
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