Dhivehi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Sanskrit मुह्यति (muhyati) + ވަނީ (vanī)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moː.ɭaː.ʋa.n̪iː/, [moː.ɭaː.ʋä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: މޯ‧ޅާ‧ވަ‧ނީ

Verb

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މޯޅާވަނީ (mōḷāvanī)  (Addu)

  1. to suffer from nyctalopia
  2. to be out of one's senses

Synonyms

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References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “މޯޅާވަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 176