ހޮނިހިރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit शनिवार (śanivāra). Cognate to Sinhalese සෙනසුරා (senasurā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho.n̪i.hi.ɾu/, [ho.n̪i.hi.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ހޮ‧ނި‧ހި‧ރު

Noun

ހޮނިހިރު • (honihiru) (plural ހޮނިހިރުތައް (honihirutak̊))

1. Saturday

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހޮނިހިރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 121