ބީރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बधिर (badhira, “deaf”). Cognate to Sinhalese බිහිරි (bihiri)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /biː.ɾu/, [biː.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ބީ‧ރު

Adjective

ބީރު • (bīru) 

1. deaf

Noun

ބީރު • (bīru) (plural ބީރުތައް (bīrutak̊))

1. hard of hearing

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބީރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32