ބުރި

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sinhalese බුරි (buri), බුරිය (buriya)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ބުރި (buri) (plural ބުރިތައް (buritak̊))

  1. section, portion, part
  2. anus, fundament

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 40