Inherited from Sanskrit खण्डयति (khaṇḍayati, “to break; to crush, cut”). Cognate to Sinhalese කඩනවා (kaḍanawā, “to break”)
- IPA(key): /ka.ᶯɖa.n̪iː/, [kä.ᶯɖä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ކަ‧ނޑަ‧ނީ
ކަނޑަނީ • (kaⁿḍanī)
- to cut, pick (such as fruit or flower from a tree)
- Synonyms: ކޮށަނީ (koṣanī), ކަފަނީ (kafanī), ލިޔަނީ (liyanī)
- to subtract
- to dehusk grain
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކަނޑަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 133