މުންނާރު

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Dhivehi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Arabic منارة

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /mun̪.n̪aː.ɾu/, [mun̪.n̪aː.ɾu]
  • Hyphenation: މުން‧ނާ‧ރު

Noun[edit]

މުންނާރު (mun̊nāru) (plural މުންނާރުތައް (mun̊nārutak̊))

  1. minaret
  2. tower; steeple

References[edit]

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މުންނާރު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 183