Etymology
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Inherited from Sanskrit छर्दति (chardati, “to vomit, eject”). Cognate to Sinhalese හෙළනවා (heḷanawā, “to throw down, cast down”)
Pronunciation
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- IPA(key): /eʔ.la.n̪iː/, [el.lä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: އެއް‧ލަ‧ނީ
އެއްލަނީ • (ellanī)
- to throw, fling, hurl, cast, sling, catapult
References
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- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އެއްލަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 66