ތާސީރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic تَأْثِير (taʔṯīr), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪aː.s̺iː.ɾu/, [t̪aː.s̺iː.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ތާ‧ސީ‧ރު

Noun

ތާސީރު • (tāsīru) (plural ތާސީރުތައް (tāsīrutak̊))

1. effect, influence, reaction

   Synonyms: އަސަރު (asaru), ޕަޅެ (paḷe)

2. composition, value, nutritional value

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތާސީރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 231