Inherited from Sanskrit स्थापयति (sthāpayati, “to stand”). Cognate to Sinhalese තිබෙනවා (tibenawā, “to be, in place, lay”)
- IPA(key): /t̪i.be.n̪iː/, [t̪i.be.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: ތި‧ބެ‧ނީ
ތިބެނީ • (tibenī)
- To be in a place, lay
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ތިބެނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 236