Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Cognate with Sinhalese වැටෙනවා (wæṭenawā)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋəʈ.ʈə.n̪iː/, [ʋəʈ.ʈə.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: ވައް‧ޓަ‧ނީ

Verb

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ވައްޓަނީ (vaṭṭanī) 

  1. to drop, decline, plummet, plunge, tumble, collapse, make fall

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވައްޓަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 252