Cognate to Sinhalese කාර (kāra, “near, proximate”)
- IPA(key): /ka.i.ɾi/, [kä.i.ɾi~kæː.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ކަ‧އި‧ރި
ކައިރި • (kairi)
- near, close to
ކައިރި • (kairi)
- near, proximate
- Synonym: ގާތް (gāt̊)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކައިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 94