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breast meaning in Sinhala

තනය tanaya

/bɹɛst/

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breast in Sinhala: තනය (tanaya), උරුව (uruwa), ළය (ḷaya). In English, breast means either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

Sinhala words for breast

breast
තනය tanaya, උරුව uruwa
breast, bosom
ළය ḷaya

English meaning of breast

  1. noun Either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.
  2. noun The chest, or front of the human thorax.
  3. noun A section of clothing covering the breast area.
  4. noun The figurative seat of the emotions, feelings etc.; one’s heart or innermost thoughts.

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breast in a sentence

  • Tanya’s breasts grew remarkably during pregnancy.
  • She kindled hope in the breast of all who heard her.
  • The robin has a red breast.

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Questions about breast in Sinhala

What is the meaning of breast in Sinhala?
Breast in Sinhala is තනය (tanaya), උරුව (uruwa), ළය (ḷaya).
breast යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Breast: තනය (tanaya), උරුව (uruwa), ළය (ḷaya).
What does breast mean in English?
Breast means either of the two organs on the front of a female human's chest, which contain the mammary glands; also the analogous organs in males.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “breast”: උරුව, තනය, ළය. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: breast (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sinhala words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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