ކައިރި

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Dhivehi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate to Sinhalese කාර (kāra, “near, proximate”)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ka.i.ɾi/, [kä.i.ɾi~kæː.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ކަ‧އި‧ރި

Adverb[edit]

ކައިރި • (kairi)

  1. near, close to

Adjective[edit]

ކައިރި • (kairi) 

  1. near, proximate
    Synonym: ގާތް (gāt̊)

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކައިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94
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