ބެރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भेरी (bherī, “a kettle-drum”). Cognate with Sinhalese බෙරය (beraya)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ބެރު • (beru)

1. drum, kettle-drum, tom-tom

Derived terms

• ބެރުވެރިޔާ (beruveriyā)

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބެރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 32