Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit पुरुष (puruṣa). Cognate to Sinhalese පිරිමියා (pirimiyā). Doublet of ފިރިހެމި (firihemi) and ފިރިހެން (firihen̊)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /fi.ɾi/, [fi.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ފި‧ރި
ފިރި • (firi) (plural ފިރިތައް (firitak̊))
- a husband, married man
- a male person
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 83
