ގަންނަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-né-

Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥bnéh₂ti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥bʰnáHti

Sanskrit गृ॒भ्णाति॑ (gṛbhṇā́ti)

Sanskrit गृ॒ह्णाति॑ (gṛhṇā́ti)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (gaṇhaï)

Dhivehi ގަންނަނީ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀡𑁆𑀳𑀇 (gaṇhaï), from Sanskrit गृ॒ह्णाति॑ (gṛhṇā́ti), from गृ॒भ्णाति॑ (gṛbhṇā́ti, “to seize”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥bʰnáHti, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰr̥bnéh₂ti (“to seize, snatch, grab”), from *gʰrebh₂- + *-né-. Cognate with Sinhalese ගන්නවා (gannawā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡən̪.n̪ə.n̪iː/, [ɡən̪.n̪ə.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ގަން‧ނަ‧ނީ

Verb

ގަންނަނީ • (gan̊nanī) 

1. to buy, purchase
2. (of a fish) to be caught on hook, be hook
3. (of a fruit) to bear
4. to take, carry, force to do

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ގަންނަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 97