އަމުރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr), via Persian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mu.ɾu/, [ä.mu.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: އަ‧މު‧ރު

Noun

އަމުރު • (amuru) (plural އަމުރުތައް (amurutak̊))

1. order, command

   Synonym: އާދޭއްސަ (ādēssa)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަމުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 2