ބުރި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Cognate with Sinhalese බුරි (buri), බුරිය (buriya)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buɾi]

Noun

ބުރި • (buri) (plural ބުރިތައް)

  1. section, portion, part
  2. anus, fundament

References

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 40
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