މައްތިރި

Dhivehi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit मन्त्रिन् (mantrin). Cognate to Sinhalese මන්ත්‍රී (mantrī) and Hindi मंत्री (mantrī). Doublet of މަންތިރި‎ (man̊tiri)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /maʔ.t̪i.ɾi/, [mät̪.t̪i.ɾi]
  • Hyphenation: މައް‧ތި‧ރި

Noun

މައްތިރި • (mattiri) (plural މައްތިރިތައް‎ (mattiritak̊))

  1. (archaic) wise, sagacious, sapient
    Synonyms: ފުރައައްތަ‎ (furaatta), ހަރު‎ (haru), ކުސަ‎ (kusa)

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