Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Pali kaññā, from Sanskrit कन्या (kanyā̀).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kəːn̪.ɲə/, [kəːɲ.ɲə]
  • Hyphenation: ކާން‧ޏަ

Proper noun edit

ކާންޏަ (kān̊ña)

  1. (astrology) Virgo

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކާންޏަ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 132