ސިއްރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr), via Persian

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /s̺iʔ.ɾu/, [s̺iɾ.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ސިއް‧ރު

Noun[edit]

ސިއްރު (sirru) (plural ސިއްރުތައް (sirrutak̊))

  1. secret, arcanum, mystery
    Synonym: ރަހާ (rahā)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިއްރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225