Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

From Arabic مُقْرِئ (muqriʔ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /mu.ku.ɾi.jaː/, [mu.ku.ɾi.jaː]
  • Hyphenation: މު‧ކު‧ރި‧ޔާ

Noun edit

މުކުރިޔާ (mukuriyā) (plural މުކުރިޔާތައް (mukuriyātak̊))

  1. (Huvadhu) reciter of a Qur'an

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުކުރިޔާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 181