Inherited from Sanskrit भण्टाकी (bhaṇṭākī). Cognate with Sinhalese බටු (baṭu)
- IPA(key): /bə.ʂi/, [bə.ʂi]
- Hyphenation: ބަ‧ށި
ބަށި • (baṣi) (plural ބަށިތައް (baṣitak̊))
- eggplant, aubergine, brinjal
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަށި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 30