Inherited from Sanskrit दण्ड (daṇḍa). Cognate to Sinhalese දඬු (daⁿḍu)
- IPA(key): /d̪a.ᶯɖi/, [d̪ä.ᶯɖi]
- Hyphenation: ދަ‧ނޑި
ދަނޑި • (daⁿḍi) (plural ދަނޑިތައް (daⁿḍitak̊))
- stick, staff, baton, pole
- twig, rod
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000) “ދަނޑި”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 44