ބޭރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ބެރާ (berā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit बाह्य (bāhya, “outer, exterior”). Cognate to Sinhalese බැහැර (bæhæra, “outer, exterior”).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

ބޭރު • (bēru) 

1. outer, exterior
2. external
3. foreign, strange, alien

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޭރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 33