ވިހާރަ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit विहार (vihāra). Cognate with Sinhalese විහාර (wihāra). Doublet of ވެރު (veru) and ވޭރު (vēru)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.haː.ɾə/, [ʋi.haː.ɾä]
• Hyphenation: ވި‧ހާ‧ރަ

Noun

ވިހާރަ • (vihāra) (plural ވިހާރަތައް (vihāratak̊))

1. Buddhist temple

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވިހާރަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 256