އިރު

Dhivehi

Alternative forms

• އިރަ (ira) — archaic

Etymology

From Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *súHar, from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥. Cognate with Sinhalese ඉර (ira).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [iɾu]

Noun

އިރު • (iru) (plural އިރުތައް (irutak̊))

1. sun
2. time
3. moment

References

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