Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /hu.ɾa.ɡe/, [hu.ɾä.ɡe]
  • Hyphenation: ހު‧ރަ‧ގެ

Noun edit

ހުރަގެ (hurage) (plural ހުރަގެތައް (huragetak̊))

  1. a prison, jail, goal
    Synonym: ޖަލު (jalu)

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުރަގެ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 123