Dhivehi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कर्मार (karmāra). Cognate to Sinhalese කඹුරා (kaᵐburā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ᵐbu.ɾu/, [kä.ᵐbu.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: ކަ‧ނބު‧ރު
Noun
ކަނބުރު • (kaᵐburu) (plural ކަނބުރުތައް)
- a blacksmith, smith, brazier
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަނބުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 132