Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *उत्पटति (utpaṭati). Cognate to Sinhalese උපුරනවා (upuranawā)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /u.fu.ɾa.n̪iː/, [u.fu.ɾä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: އު‧ފު‧ރަ‧ނީ

Verb

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އުފުރަނީ (ufuranī) 

  1. to pluck, uproot, eradicate, pull out, root out

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުފުރަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 242