ސިއްރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سِرّ (sirr), via Persian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺iʔ.ɾu/, [s̺iɾ.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ސިއް‧ރު

Noun

ސިއްރު • (sirru) (plural ސިއްރުތައް (sirrutak̊))

1. secret, arcanum, mystery

   Synonym: ރަހާ (rahā)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ސިއްރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 225