Inherited from Sanskrit भोजन (bhojana). Cognate to Sinhalese බොදුන (boduna)
- IPA(key): /boː.d̪a.n̪a/, [boː.d̪ä.n̪ä]
- Hyphenation: ބޯ‧ދަ‧ނަ
ބޯދަނަ • (bōdana) (plural ބޯދަނަތައް (bōdanatak̊))
- (archaic) food, aliment, foodstuff, meal
- Synonyms: ކާނާ (kānā), ޒިރާއާ (zirāā), ކޭން (kēn̊), ކާޑު (kāḍu)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބޯދަނަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 36