sīhaḷa
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀴 (Brahmi script)
- सीहळ (Devanagari script)
- সীহল় (Bengali script)
- සීහළ (Sinhalese script)
- သီဟဠ or သဳဟဠ or သီႁꩮ (Burmese script)
- สีหฬ or สีหะฬะ (Thai script)
- ᩈᩦᩉᩊ (Tai Tham script)
- ສີຫຬ or ສີຫະຬະ (Lao script)
- សីហឡ (Khmer script)
- 𑄥𑄩𑄦𑅄 (Chakma script)
Etymology
From Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala).
Adjective
sīhaḷa
Descendants
- → Burmese: သီဟိုဠ် (sihuil)
- → Classical Persian: سیلان (saylān)
- → Armenian: սեյլան (seylan, “garnet”), սելյան / սէլեան (selyan), սելան / սէլան (selan), սիլան (silan)
- → Georgian: სეილანი (seilani)
- → Old French: Seilan
- → Ottoman Turkish: سیلان (Seylan, “Ceylon”), سهیلون (seylon)
- Turkish: Seylan
- → Tatar: сәйлән (säylän)
- → Malay: Sailan, selan