ބުރި
Dhivehi
Etymology
Cognate with Sinhalese බුරි (buri), බුරිය (buriya)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [buɾi]
Noun
ބުރި • (buri) (plural ބުރިތައް (buritak̊))
- section, portion, part
- anus, fundament
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ބުރި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 40.