සිංහල

Sinhalese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of එළු (eḷu).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /simhələ/
  • Hyphenation: සිං‧හ‧ල

Proper noun

සිංහල • (siṁhala)

  1. Sinhala, Sinhalese, Singhalese (language)

Descendants

  • → English: Sinhala, Cinghal (archaic)
  • → Portuguese: cingala, cingalá
  • → Tamil: சிங்களம் (ciṅkaḷam)

Noun

සිංහල • (siṁhala)

  1. Sinhalese, Singhalese (person)
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