އޫރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ސޯރު (sōru)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit सूकर (sūkará). Doublet of ސުވަރު (suvaru). Cognate to Sinhalese ඌරා (ūrā).

Noun

އޫރު • (ūru) (plural އޫރުތައް (ūrutak̊))

1. pig

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އޫރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 199
• O'Shea, Michael (2005) English-Dhivehi/Dhivehi-English Dictionary‎^[1], Belconnen, page 48