Cognate to Sinhalese හානවා (hānawā, “to plough”)
- IPA(key): /haː.n̪a.n̪iː/, [haː.n̪ä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ހާ‧ނަ‧ނީ
ހާނަނީ • (hānanī)
- to train, excercise, mold, educate, coach
- to squeeze out
- to rub, massage, nurse
- Synonym: މޮޑެނީ (moḍenī)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހާނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 106