ވެރި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ʋe.ɾi/, [ʋe.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ވެ‧ރި

Etymology 1[edit]

Suffix[edit]

ވެރި • (-veri)

  1. Post-vowel allomorphic form of ތެރި (teri)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit वर (vara). Cognate to Sinhalese වරෙණ්ය (wareṇya). Doublet of ވެރިޔާ (veriyā)

Adjective[edit]

ވެރި • (veri) (plural ވެރިން)

  1. chief, of importance, major, main, cardinal, staple, foremost, principal

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވެރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 255
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