އެއްލަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit छर्दति (chardati, “to vomit, eject”). Cognate to Sinhalese හෙළනවා (heḷanawā, “to throw down, cast down”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /eʔ.la.n̪iː/, [el.lä.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: އެއް‧ލަ‧ނީ

Verb

އެއްލަނީ • (ellanī) 

  1. to throw, fling, hurl, cast, sling, catapult

References
  • Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އެއްލަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 66
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