Talk:ކަރުނަ

Wouldn't this be ultimately (borrowed) from 🇨🇬 / 🇨🇬, perhaps through Sinhala/Sinhalese  rather being the equivalent of Md. ken̆denī ʻ importunes ʼ in CDIAL? Kutchkutch (talk) 10:46, 2 October 2021 (UTC)


 * @Kutchkutch yes. There is no dhivehi descendant at . Not sure that pali is involved of not. Svartava2 (talk) 12:33, 2 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Direct borrowings from Sanskrit in modern Dhivehi would not be expected since it is isolated from mainland South Asia, and the Maldives has been a predominantly Islamic country since the 12th century. If there are terms borrowed from Sanskrit, they might be from the preceding Buddhist era: . Kutchkutch (talk) 10:46, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * @Kutchkutch I added Pali. Would that be correct? Svartava2 (talk) 13:31, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ← suggests that direct borrowings from Sanskrit may be possible. Kutchkutch (talk) 11:03, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
 * in the absence of any source saying that pali was involved or Pali being a source for a lot of loans in dhivehi, we could just say borrowed from Sanskrit. Svartava2 (talk) 11:19, 19 October 2021 (UTC)