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Elu

/ˈ(h)ɛluː/

Elu proper noun: the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

Proper noun

Elu

  1. the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

Forms of Elu

alternative formHela
alternative formHelu

Origin of Elu

Borrowed from Sinhalese එළු (eḷu), හෙළු (heḷu), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala) (compare Pali sīhala), from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + -ल (-la). Doublet of Ceylon and Sinhala.

Questions about Elu

What does Elu mean?
Elu means the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.
What part of speech is Elu?
Elu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Elu?
Elu is pronounced /ˈ(h)ɛluː/.

Words near Elu in the dictionary

  1. eltoprazine
  2. Eltringham
  3. Eltringhams
  4. eltrombopag
  5. elts
  6. Elu
  7. Eluanbi
  8. eluant
  9. eluants
  10. eluate
  11. eluated

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