ވިހަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विजायते (vijāyate). Cognate to Sinhalese වදනවා (wadanawā). Doublet of ވިހެނީ (vihenī)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋi.ha.n̪iː/, [vi.hä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ވި‧ހަ‧ނީ

Verb

ވިހަނީ • (vihanī) 

1. to give birth, deliver (the young), bear (the young), bring forth, breed, spawn

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވިހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 257