From Sanskrit कषति (kaṣati). Equivalent to ކަސް (kas) + ނީ (nī)
- IPA(key): /ka.ha.n̪iː/, [kä.hä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ކަ‧ހަ‧ނީ
ކަހަނީ • (kahanī)
- to itch, scratch
- to coil, wind
- to sweep
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 135