މޮޑެނީ
Dhivehi
Alternative forms
- (Mulaku) މޭޑެނީ (mēḍenī)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मर्दति (mardati, “to press, squeeze; to rub into; to stroke”). Cognate to Sinhalese මඩිනවා (maḍinawā)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mo.ɖe.n̪iː/, [mo.ɖe.n̪iː]
- Hyphenation: މޮ‧ޑެ‧ނީ
Verb
މޮޑެނީ • (moḍenī)
- to mix together, jumble together
- Synonyms: އެކުވަނީ (ekuvanī), މިލެނީ (milenī), އެއްވަނީ (evvanī)
- to knead
- to massage
- Synonym: ހާނަނީ (hānanī)
- to work
- Synonym: ކުރަނީ (kuranī)
- to crush
References
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “މޮޑެނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 177.