މުކުރިޔާ

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Arabic مُقْرِئ (muqriʔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.ku.ɾi.jaː/, [mu.ku.ɾi.jaː]
• Hyphenation: މު‧ކު‧ރި‧ޔާ

Noun

މުކުރިޔާ • (mukuriyā) (plural މުކުރިޔާތައް (mukuriyātak̊))

1. (Huvadhu) reciter of a Qur'an

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުކުރިޔާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 181