Borrowed from Persian آبرو (âberu). Cognate to Urdu آبرو (ābrū)
- IPA(key): /a.bu.ɾu/, [ä.bu.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: އަ‧ބު‧ރު
އަބުރު • (aburu) (plural އަބުރުތައް (aburutak̊))
- rank, standing, reputation, esteem, honour, dignity
- Synonyms: ހައިބަ (haiba), ފުރަމާނަ (furamāna)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަބުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 202