މައްތިރި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate to Sinhalese මන්ත්‍රී (mantrī) and Hindi मंत्री (mantrī). Doublet of މަންތިރި (man̊tiri)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʔ.t̪i.ɾi/, [mät̪.t̪i.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: މައް‧ތި‧ރި

Noun

މައްތިރި • (mattiri) (plural މައްތިރިތައް (mattiritak̊))

  1. (archaic) wise, sagacious, sapient
    Synonyms: ފުރައައްތަ (furaatta), ހަރު (haru), ކުސަ (kusa)

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މައްތިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 170
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