ވިހަނީ

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Dhivehi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit विजायते (vijāyate). Cognate to Sinhalese වදනවා (wadanawā). Doublet of ވިހެނީ (vihenī)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʋi.ha.n̪iː/, [vi.hä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: ވި‧ހަ‧ނީ

Verb

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ވިހަނީ (vihanī) 

  1. to give birth, deliver (the young), bear (the young), bring forth, breed, spawn

References

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  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވިހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 257