Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit छर्दति (chardati, to vomit, eject). Cognate to Sinhalese හෙළනවා (heḷanawā, to throw down, cast down)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /eʔ.la.n̪iː/, [el.lä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: އެއް‧ލަ‧ނީ

Verb edit

އެއްލަނީ (ellanī) 

  1. to throw, fling, hurl, cast, sling, catapult

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އެއްލަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 66