Dhivehi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sanskrit शृणोति (śṛṇoti). Cognate to Sinhalese අහනවා (ahanawā)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /a.ha.n̪iː/, [ä.hä.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: އަ‧ހަ‧ނީ
އަހަނީ • (ahanī)
- to question, seek, enquire
- to hear, listen
- to overhear, eavesdrop, hearken
References[edit]
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އަހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 9
