ކޮށާރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• (Huvadhoo) ކޮޓާރާ (koṭārā)
• (archaic) ކޮޓާރު (koṭāru)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कोष्ठागार (koṣṭhāgāra, “a granary, store-room, a treasure, an inner apartment, hollow in a tree”). Cognate to Urdu کوتھَرِ (kothrī, “a small room, a cabin; a closet”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko.ʂaː.ɾu/, [ko.ʂaː.ɾu]
• Hyphenation: ކޮ‧ށާ‧ރު

Noun

ކޮށާރު • (koṣāru) (plural ކޮށާރުތައް (koṣārutak̊))

1. granary, garner, storeroom, storehouse

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކޮށާރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 147