ކުރަނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Proto-Indo-European *-néwti

Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti

Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti)

Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei)

Dhivehi ކުރަނީ (kuranī)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ɾa.n̪iː/, [ku.ɾä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ކު‧ރަ‧ނީ

Verb

ކުރަނީ • (kuranī) 

1. (transitive) to do, work
2. an auxiliary verb

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުރަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 151
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 142