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From Sanskrit पुर (pura).
ފުރާ • (furā) (plural ފުރާތައް (furātak̊))
- area
- vicinity
- purlieu
- surroundings
- region
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފުރާ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 89