- IPA(key): /ʋa.ʂa.n̪iː/, [wä.ʂä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ވަ‧ށަ‧ނީ
Cognate to Sinhalese වකනවා (wakanawā)
ވަށަނީ • (vaṣanī)
- to daub, smear, rub, taint, anoint
Inherited from Sanskrit वर्तते (vartate). Cognate to Sinhalese වටනවා (waṭanawā)
ވަށަނީ • (vaṣanī)
- to twist, twine, twirl
- to ball, make spherical
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވަށަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 251