Etymology
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Cognate to Sinhalese බාහිත (bāhita)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /baː.hi.ʂu.ʋa.n̪iː/, [baː.hi.ʂu.wä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ބާ‧ހި‧ށު‧ވަ‧ނީ
ބާހިށުވަނީ • (bāhiṣuvanī)
- (Addu) to place, keep, rest, locate
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބާހިށުވަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 22