ކޮށާރު
Dhivehi
Alternative forms
- (Huvadhoo) ކޮޓާރާ (koṭārā)
- (archaic) ކޮޓާރު (koṭāru)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कोष्ठ (koṣṭha, “a granary, store-room, a treasure, an inner apartment, hollow in a tree”). Cognate to Urdu کوتھَرِ (kothrī, “a small room, a cabin; a closet”). Doublet of ކޮޓަރި (koṭari), ކޮޑި (koḍi), and ކޮށި (koṣi)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ko.ʂəː.ɾu/, [ko.ʂəː.ɾu]
- Hyphenation: ކޮ‧ށާ‧ރު
Noun
ކޮށާރު • (koṣāru) (plural ކޮށާރުތައް (koṣārutak̊))
- granary, garner, storeroom, storehouse
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ކޮށާރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 147.