Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hə.ʋiː.ɾu/, [hə.ʋiː.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ހަ‧ވީ‧ރު

Noun edit

ހަވީރު (havīru)

  1. the last quarter of the day, evening, eventide
    Synonyms: ސަންދިޔަ (san̊diya), ހަވި (havi)

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަވީރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 114