Dhivehi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit बाह्य (bāhya, “outer, exterior”). Cognate to Sinhalese බැහැර (bæhæra, “outer, exterior”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /beː.ɾu/, [beː.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: ބޭ‧ރު
Adjective[edit]
ބޭރު • (bēru)
- outer, exterior
- external
- foreign, strange, alien
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޭރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 33