އުތުރެނީ

Dhivehi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit उत्तरति (uttarati). Cognate to Sinhalese උතුරනවා (uturanawā)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /u.t̪u.ɾe.n̪iː/, [u.t̪u.ɾe.n̪iː]
  • Hyphenation: އު‧ތު‧ރެ‧ނީ

Verb

އުތުރެނީ • (uturenī) 

  1. to boil over, overflow
  2. to agitate, spume
  3. to swarm, teem, be crawling with, abound

References

Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “އުތުރެނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 246

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