ވެރި

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Dhivehi

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Suffix

ވެރި (-veri)

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

ވެރި (veri) (plural ވެރިން)

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

References

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