Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit मुद्गर (mudgara). Cognate to Sinhalese මුගුර (mugura)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mu.ɡu.ɾu/, [mu.ɡu.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: މު‧ގު‧ރު

Noun

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މުގުރު (muguru) (plural މުގުރުތައް (mugurutak̊))

  1. club, mallet, gavel

References

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