ބުނަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भनति (bhanati, “to speak, say; call, name”). Cognate to Sinhalese බණනවා (baṇanawā, “to speak, deliver an address”) and Pali bhaṇati (“to speak, tell, proclaim”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bu.n̪a.n̪iː/, [bu.n̪ä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ބު‧ނަ‧ނީ

Verb

ބުނަނީ • (bunanī) 

1. to say, speak, utter

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބުނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 39