Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra). Cognate with Sinhalese කපුරු (kapuru)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ކާފޫރު (kāfūru) (plural ކާފޫރުތައް (kāfūrutak̊))

  1. camphor

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ކާފޫރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 131