ހަތިޔާރު
Dhivehi
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit *हस्तकार (hastakāra), from हस्त (hásta, “hand”) + कार (kāra, “effort, exertion”). Compare Gujarati હથિયાર (hathiyār), Hindustani ہَتِھیَار / हथियार (hathiyār), Marathi हत्यार (hatyār), Sindhi هَٿِيارُ / हथिआरु, Punjabi ਹਥਿਆਰ (hathiāra) / ہَتھیار (hathiār), Bengali হাতিয়ার (hatiẏar)
Noun
ހަތިޔާރު • (hatiyāru) (plural ހަތިޔާރުތައް (hatiyārutak̊))
- weapon, instrument, tool
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) , “ހަތިޔާރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “*hastakāra (14027)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press