පැණි

Sinhalese edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit फाणित (phāṇita, “the inspissated juice of the sugar cane and other plants”). Cognate to Dhivehi ފަނި (fani, “sweet juice, juice, syrup, treacle, nectar”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /pæ.ni/, [pæ.ni]
Hyphenation: පැ‧ණි

Noun edit

පැණි • (pæṇi)

sweet juice, syrup, honey, molasses