ބިރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भीरु (bhīru, “fearful, timid, cowardly, afraid of”). Cognate to Sinhalese බිරි (biri, “frightful, terrific”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bi.ɾu/, [bi.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ބި‧ރު

Noun

ބިރު • (biru) (plural ބިރުތައް (birutak̊))

1. fright, fear, terror

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބިރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 35