ބީރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit बधिर (badhira, “deaf”). Cognate to Sinhalese බිහිරි (bihiri)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /biː.ɾu/, [biː.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ބީ‧ރު

Adjective[edit]

ބީރު • (bīru) 

  1. deaf

Noun[edit]

ބީރު • (bīru) (plural ބީރުތައް (bīrutak̊))

  1. hard of hearing

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބީރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32
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