Inherited from Sanskrit अशनि (aśani). Cognate to Sinhalese හෙණ (heṇa)
- IPA(key): /ho.n̪u/, [ho.n̪u]
- Hyphenation: ހޮ‧ނު
ހޮނު • (honu) (plural ހޮނުތައް (honutak̊))
- thunderbolt, lightning
- Synonym: ވިދުވަރު (viduvaru)
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ހޮނު”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 121