Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

From Persian بجر.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /bə.d͡ʒə.ɾəː/, [bə.d͡ʒə.ɾəː]

Noun edit

ބަޖަރާ (bajarā) (plural ބަޖަރާތައް (bajarātak̊))

  1. small steamboat used for pleasure

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަޖަރާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26