Cognate with Sinhalese වැටෙනවා (wæṭenawā)
- IPA(key): /ʋəʈ.ʈə.n̪iː/, [ʋəʈ.ʈə.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ވައް‧ޓަ‧ނީ
ވައްޓަނީ • (vaṭṭanī)
- to drop, decline, plummet, plunge, tumble, collapse, make fall
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވައްޓަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 252