ގިރި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गिरि (giri, “a mountain, hill, rock, elevation, rising-ground”). Cognate to Sinhalese ගිර (gira, “mountain”). Doublet of ގާ (gā) and ގަލާ (galā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ɾi/, [ɡi.ɾi]
• Hyphenation: ގިި‧ރި

Noun

ގިރި • (giri) (plural ގިރިތައް (giritak̊))

1. collection of coral within an atoll or within a lagoon

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ގިރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 101