ބަހަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit भजति (bhajati). Cognate to Sinhalese බෙදනවා (bedanawā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.ha.n̪iː/, [bä.hä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ބަ‧ހަ‧ނީ

Verb

ބަހަނީ • (bahanī) 

1. to distribute, allocate, hand out, dole out, divide, deal out, part, separate, apportion

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ބަހަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 26