ވެނި

Dhivehi

Etymology

From Sanskrit वर्णिन (varṇina). Cognate with Sinhalese වැනි (wæni).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋen̪i/, [ʋen̪i]

Pronoun

ވެނި • (veni)

1. such, like, person or thing

References

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ވެނި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 254