Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit भेरी (bherī, “a kettle-drum”). Cognate with Sinhalese බෙරය (beraya)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /be.ɾu/, [be.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: ބެ‧ރު
ބެރު • (beru)
- drum, kettle-drum, tom-tom
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބެރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32
