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))

  1. 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
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