އުތުރެނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úd

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ud-

Sanskrit उद्- (ud-)

Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *tárHati

Sanskrit तर॑ति (tárati)

Sanskrit उत्त॑रति (úttarati)

Prakrit 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀇 (uttaraï)

Dhivehi އުތުރެނީ (uturenī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀭𑀇 (uttaraï), from Sanskrit उत्त॑रति (úttarati), from उद्- (ud-) + तर॑ति (tárati). Cognate to Sinhalese උතුරනවා (uturanawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.t̪u.ɾe.n̪iː/, [u.t̪u.ɾe.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: އު‧ތު‧ރެ‧ނީ

Verb

އުތުރެނީ • (uturenī) 

1. to boil over, overflow
2. to agitate, spume
3. to swarm, teem, be crawling with, abound

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުތުރެނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 246