ބުރި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Cognate with Sinhalese බුරි (buri), බුරිය (buriya)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buɾi]

Noun

ބުރި • (buri) (plural ބުރިތައް (buritak̊))

1. section, portion, part
2. anus, fundament

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 40