ބެރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भेरी (bherī, “a kettle-drum”). Cognate with Sinhalese බෙරය (beraya)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /be.ɾu/, [be.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ބެ‧ރު

Noun

ބެރު • (beru)

  1. drum, kettle-drum, tom-tom

Derived terms

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބެރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32
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