ކިޔަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कथयति (kathayati). Cognate with Sinhalese කියනවා (kiyanawā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ja.n̪iː/, [ki.jä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ކި‧ޔަ‧ނީ

Verb

ކިޔަނީ • (kiyanī) 

1. to say, utter, tell, relate, narrate, read

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކިޔަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 145