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inheritance meaning in Sinhala

උරුමය urumaya

/ɪnˈhɛɹɪtəns/

inheritance in Sinhala: උරුමය (urumaya). In English, inheritance means the passing of title to an estate upon death.

Sinhala words for inheritance

inheritance, heritage
උරුමය urumaya

English meaning of inheritance

  1. noun The passing of title to an estate upon death.
  2. noun That which a person is entitled to inherit, by law or testament, such as the part of an estate (i.e., a portion).
  3. noun The act or mechanism of inheriting; the state of having inherited.
  4. noun The biological attributes passed hereditarily from ancestors to their offspring.

Full definition of inheritance

inheritance in a sentence

  • The Indo-European languages share various similarities as a result of their inheritance from a common ancestor.

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Questions about inheritance in Sinhala

What is the meaning of inheritance in Sinhala?
Inheritance in Sinhala is උරුමය (urumaya).
inheritance යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Inheritance: උරුමය (urumaya).
What does inheritance mean in English?
Inheritance means the passing of title to an estate upon death.

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