Inherited from Sanskrit भजति (bhajati). Cognate to Sinhalese බෙදනවා (bedanawā)
- IPA(key): /ba.ha.n̪iː/, [bä.hä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ބަ‧ހަ‧ނީ
ބަހަނީ • (bahanī)
- to distribute, allocate, hand out, dole out, divide, deal out, part, separate, apportion
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26