ގޮރުނުދޯރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese governador. Cognate to Sinhalese ගවැරුනදෝරු (gawærunadōru)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.ɾu.n̪u.d̪oː.ɾu/, [ɡo.ɾu.n̪u.d̪oː.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ގޮ‧ރު‧ނު‧ދޯ‧ރު

Noun

ގޮރުނުދޯރު • (gorunudōru) (plural ގޮރުނުދޯރުތައް (gorunudōrutak̊))

1. (historical, archaic) governor, captain, general (of a Portuguese territory)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގޮރުނުދޯރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 103