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cousin meaning in Sinhala

නෑනා nǣnā

UK/ˈkʌzn̩//ˈkʌz(ə)n/

cousin in Sinhala: නෑනා (nǣnā), මස්සිනා (massinā). In English, cousin means chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.

Sinhala words for cousin

cousin
නෑනා nǣnā, මස්සිනා massinā

English meaning of cousin

  1. noun Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.
  2. noun Preceded by an ordinal number, as first, second, third, etc.: a person descended from a common ancestor by the same number of generations as another person.
  3. noun When used without a qualifying word: the child of a person's parent's brother (that is, an uncle) or sister (an aunt); a cousin-german, a first cousin.
  4. noun A person of an ethnicity or nationality regarded as closely related to someone of another ethnicity or nationality.

Full definition of cousin

cousin in a sentence

  • Although we were cousins, we grew up like sisters.

Synonyms of cousin

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Questions about cousin in Sinhala

What is the meaning of cousin in Sinhala?
Cousin in Sinhala is නෑනා (nǣnā), මස්සිනා (massinā).
cousin යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Cousin: නෑනා (nǣnā), මස්සිනා (massinā).
What does cousin mean in English?
Cousin means chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a kinsman or kinswoman.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “cousin”: නෑනා, මස්සිනා. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: cousin (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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