Inherited from Sanskrit चालयति (cālayati). Cognate to Sinhalese සලනවා (salanawā). Doublet of ހަލަނި (halani)
- IPA(key): /ha.la.n̪iː/, [hä.lä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ހަ‧ލަ‧ނީ
ހަލަނީ • (halanī)
- to shake, wiggle, wag
- to agitate
- to quake
- to sieve, sift
- to meddle, fidget, fiddle, fuss
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހަލަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 110