ގޮރުނުދޯރު
Dhivehi
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese governador. Cognate to Sinhalese ගවැරුනදෝරු (gawærunadōru)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editގޮރުނުދޯރު • (gorunudōru) (plural ގޮރުނުދޯރުތައް (gorunudōrutak̊))
- (historical, archaic) governor, captain, general (of a Portuguese territory)
References
edit- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގޮރުނުދޯރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 103