Inherited from Sanskrit प्रज्ञाति (prajñāti). Cognate with Sinhalese පෙනෙනවා (penenawā)
- IPA(key): /fen̪.n̪ə.n̪iː/, [fen̪.n̪ə.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ފެން‧ނަ‧ނީ
ފެންނަނީ • (fen̊nanī)
- to see, behold, discern, descry, be visible, appear, view, visualize
- Synonym: ދެކެނީ (dekenī)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ފެންނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 81