ކުރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sanskrit *खरुव (kharuva), variant of खर्व (kharva). Cognate to Tamil குறு (kuṟu).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ކުރު • (kuru) 

  1. short (of length or height)
  2. concise, brief, terse

Noun[edit]

ކުރު • (kuru) (plural ކުރުތައް (kurutak̊))

  1. dwarf, midget, manikin, homunculus

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 152
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