From Arabic فَنَاء (fanāʔ) + ވަނީ (vanī)
- IPA(key): /fa.n̪aː.ʋa.n̪iː/, [fä.n̪aː.ʋä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ފަ‧ނާ‧ވަ‧ނީ
ފަނާވަނީ • (fanāvanī)
- to cease to exist, become extinct, die, ruin, disintegrate, crumble, fall apart, destroy, annihilate
- Synonyms: ފިލިނިމެނީ (filinimenī), މަރުވަނީ (maruvanī)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފަނާވަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 73