Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit क्षुर (kṣura) + ފަތް

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ku.ɾa.fat̪/, [ku.ɾä.fæʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ކު‧ރަ‧ފަތް

Noun edit

ކުރަފަތް (kurafat̊) (plural ކުރަފަތްތައް (kurafat̊tak̊))

  1. razorblade

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުރަފަތް”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 151