Dhivehi edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʋe.ɾi/, [ʋe.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: ވެ‧ރި

Etymology 1 edit

Suffix edit

ވެރި (-veri)

  1. Post-vowel allomorphic form of ތެރި (teri)

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Sanskrit वर (vara). Cognate to Sinhalese වරෙණ්ය (wareṇya). Doublet of ވެރިޔާ (veriyā)

Adjective edit

ވެރި (veri) (plural ވެރިން)

  1. chief, of importance, major, main, cardinal, staple, foremost, principal

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވެރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 255