Inherited from සංස්කෘත इदम् (idam, “here, to this place; now”). Cognate to සිංහල දැන් (“now”)
ދެން (den̊)
- now, forthwith, promptly, readily
- after that, next
- Hassan Ahmed Maniku (2000), “ދެން”, in A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka, page 54