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Sinhalese
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English
Alternative forms
Note: Some of these forms are no longer in current use.
en Singalese, en Singhalese
en Cinghalese, en Cingalese
Etymology
en :af Sinhala -ese + 1
Pronunciation
en /sɪnhəˈliːz/ /sɪnəˈliːz/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Sinhalese.wav Southern England
en iːz 3
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
Translations
of or pertaining to Sri Lanka
Bulgarian: bg цейлонски
Catalan: ca singalès
Cherokee: chr ᏏᎾᎭᎳ
Czech: cs sinhálský
French: fr cinghalais
German: de singhalesisch
Hindi: hi सिंहली
Irish: ga Siolónach
Macedonian: mk синхалски m-p
Malay: ms Sinhala
Manx: gv Seeloinagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb singalesisk
Nynorsk: nn singalesisk
Polish: pl syngaleski m
Portuguese: pt cingalês
Russian: ru синга́льский
Sinhalese: si ශ්රී ලාංකීය
Spanish: es cingalés
Swedish: sv singalesisk
Turkish: tr Seylanca
Noun
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en countable A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
en uncountable The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.
Synonyms
language en Sinhala
Translations
Sinhalese person
Catalan: ca singalès m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 僧伽罗人
Czech: cs Sinhálec m
Finnish: fi singaleesi
French: fr Cingalais m, fr Cinghalais m, fr Singalais m, fr Singhalais m, fr Srilankais m, fr Sri-Lankais m, fr Ceylanais m, fr Cingalaise f, fr Cinghalaise f, fr Singalaise f, fr Singhalaise f, fr Srilankaise f, fr Sri-Lankaise f, fr Ceylanaise f
German: de Singhalese m, de Singhalesin f
Hindi: hi सिंहली m f
Hungarian: hu szingaléz
Irish: ga Siolónach m
Italian: it singalese m f, it singalesi m-p f-p
Macedonian: mk Синхалец m, mk Синхалка f
Malay: ms Sinhala
Manx: gv Seeloinagh m
Marathi: mr सिंहली m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb singaleser m
Nynorsk: nn singalesar m
Polish: pl Syngalez m, pl Syngalezka f
Portuguese: pt cingalês m
Russian: ru синга́лец m, ru синга́лка m
Sinhalese: si සිංහල, si සිංහලයා, si හෙළයා
Spanish: es cingalés m
Swedish: sv singales c
Tamil: ta சிங்களர் c
Uzbek: uz Singalcha, uz Singal
the language
Arabic: ar سِنْهَالِيّ m, ar لُغَة سِنْهَالِيَّة f luḡa sinhāliyya
Armenian: hy սինհալերեն
Asturian: ast ceilandés
Bulgarian: bg синха́лски m, bg синха́лски ези́к m
Catalan: ca singalès m
Cherokee: chr ᏏᎾᎭᎳ, chr ᏏᏅᎭᎳ
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 僧伽羅語 Sēngjiāluóyǔ
Czech: cs sinhálština f
Finnish: fi sinhali, fi singaleesi
French: fr cinghalais m
Georgian: ka სინჰალა
German: de Singhalesisch n
Hindi: hi सिंहली भाषा, hi सिंहली f, hi सिंहाली f
Hungarian: hu szingaléz
Irish: ga Siolóinis f
Japanese: ja シンハラ語 Shinhara-go
Korean: ko ^싱할라어
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr kîngalî
Macedonian: mk синхалски m
Manx: gv Seeloinish f
Marathi: mr सिंहली f
Navajo: nv Sínghal bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb singalesisk m
Nynorsk: nn singalesisk m
Persian: fa زبان سینهالی
Polish: pl syngaleski m
Portuguese: pt cingalês, pt cingalá m, pt cingala m
Russian: ru синга́льский, ru синга́льский язы́к m
Sinhalese: si සිංහල, si සිංහල භාෂාව, si හෙළ බස
Spanish: es cingalés
Swedish: sv singalesiska c
Tamil: ta சிங்களம்
Telugu: te సింహళీయ
Thai: th ภาษาสิงหล paa-săa sĭng-hŏn
Urdu: ur سنگھالی f
Uzbek: uz Singal
Sinhalese: si සිංහල
Swedish: sv singales c, sv singalesiska c f
Further reading
1 si sin
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