ކުރަނީ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti), from Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti), from कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- + *-néwti.

• IPA^(key): /ku.ɾa.n̪iː/, [ku.ɾä.n̪iː]
• Hyphenation: ކު‧ރަ‧ނީ

ކުރަނީ • (kuranī) 

1. (transitive) to do, work
2. an auxiliary verb

• Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ކުރަނީ”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 151
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 142