අහනවා

Sinhalese

Sinhala verb set
ඇහෙනවා (æhenawā)
අහනවා (ahanawā)
අස්වනවා, අස්සනවා (aswanawā, assanawā)

Alternative forms

• අසනවා (asanawā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit आशृणोति (āśṛṇoti, “to listen to”), from आश्रु (āśru). Cognate to Dhivehi އަހަނީ (ahanī, “to question; to hear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ahən̪əʋaː/

Verb

අහනවා • (ahanawā)

1. to hear

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “අහනවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ā́śr̥ṇōti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press