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cockroach meaning in Sinhala

කැරපොත්තා kærapottā

UK/ˈkɒkɹəʊt͡ʃ//ˈkɑkɹoʊt͡ʃ/

cockroach in Sinhala: කැරපොත්තා (kærapottā). In English, cockroach means any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.

Sinhala words for cockroach

cockroach
කැරපොත්තා kærapottā

English meaning of cockroach

  1. noun Any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.
  2. noun Term of abuse.
  3. noun A person or a member of a group of people regarded as undesirable and rapidly procreating.
  4. noun A person from New South Wales.

Full definition of cockroach

cockroach in a sentence

  • I want a divorce, you cockroach!
  • During the Rwandan genocide, Hutu genocidaires labelled Tutsis as cockroaches and called for their extermination.

Synonyms of cockroach

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Questions about cockroach in Sinhala

What is the meaning of cockroach in Sinhala?
Cockroach in Sinhala is කැරපොත්තා (kærapottā).
cockroach යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Cockroach: කැරපොත්තා (kærapottā).
What does cockroach mean in English?
Cockroach means any black or brown straight-winged insect of the order Blattodea that is not a termite.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “cockroach”: කැරපොත්තා. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cockroach (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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