Inherited from Sanskrit उष्ण (uṣṇa). Cognate to Sinhalese උණු (uṇu)
- IPA(key): /huː.n̪u/, [huː.n̪u]
- Hyphenation: ހޫ‧ނު
ހޫނު • (hūnu)
- hot, warm
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހޫނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 121