Dhivehi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit मुञ्चति (muñcati). Cognate to Sinhalese මුදනවා (mudanawā)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /muː.ɖa.n̪iː/, [muː.ɖä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: މޫ‧ޑަ‧ނީ

Verb edit

މޫޑަނީ (mūḍanī) 

  1. (Mulaku, Addu) to droop or sag the leaf or the fruit from the coconut palm
  2. to bend down trees or branches of a tree

References edit

  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މޫޑަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 177