ހުކުރު

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit शुक्र (śukra, Venus), from which शुक्रवार (śukravāra, Friday) is derived. Cognate with Sinhalese සිකුරාදා (sikurādā).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /hu.ku.ɾu/, [hu.ku.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: ހު‧ކު‧ރު

Noun

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ހުކުރު (hukuru) (plural ހުކުރުތައް (hukurutak̊))

  1. Friday

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހުކުރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 122