Dhivehi
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَمْر (ʔamr), via Persian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mu.ɾu/, [ä.mu.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: އަ‧މު‧ރު
Noun
އަމުރު • (amuru) (plural އަމުރުތައް)
- order, command
- Synonym: އާދޭއްސަ (ādēssa)
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަމުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 2