Inherited from Sanskrit दर्श (darśa). Cognate with Sinhalese දකිනවා (dakinawā)
- IPA(key): /d̪e.ke.n̪iː/, [d̪e.ke.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ދެ‧ކެ‧ނީ
ދެކެނީ • (dekenī)
- to see, detect, view, behold, visualise
- Synonym: ފެންނަނީ (fen̊nanī)
- to comprehend, discern, think
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދެކެނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 53