ކާފޫރު

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit कर्पूर (karpūra). Cognate with Sinhalese කපුරු (kapuru)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəːfuːɾu]

Noun

ކާފޫރު • (kāfūru) (plural ކާފޫރުތައް (kāfūrutak̊))

1. camphor

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާފޫރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 131