Inherited from Sanskrit बन्धति (bandhati, “to tie, interlace, bind, fasten”). Cognate to Sinhalese බඳිනවා (baⁿdinawā, “to bind, tie”)
- IPA(key): /ban̪.n̪a.n̪iː/, [bän̪.n̪ä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ބަން‧ނަ‧ނީ
ބަންނަނީ • (ban̊nanī)
- To tie, interlace, bind, fasten, lash
- To build (as boats)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަންނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 28