ކިރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• ކިރި (kiri) (Addu)

Etymology

From Sanskrit क्षीर (kṣīra). Cognate with Sinhalese කිරි (kiri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kiɾu]

Noun

ކިރު • (kiru) (plural ކިރުތައް (kirutak̊))

1. milk

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 145
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣīrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 192