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opium meaning in Sinhala

අබිං abiṁ

/ˈəʊ.pi.əm/US/ˈoʊ.pi.əm/

opium in Sinhala: අබිං (abiṁ), කංසා (kaṁsā), මාඩා (māḍā). In English, opium means a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

Sinhala words for opium

drug from opium poppy
අබිං abiṁ, කංසා kaṁsā, මාඩා māḍā

English meaning of opium

  1. noun A yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.
  2. noun Anything that numbs or stupefies.

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Questions about opium in Sinhala

What is the meaning of opium in Sinhala?
Opium in Sinhala is අබිං (abiṁ), කංසා (kaṁsā), මාඩා (māḍā).
opium යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Opium: අබිං (abiṁ), කංසා (kaṁsā), මාඩා (māḍā).
What does opium mean in English?
Opium means a yellow-brown, addictive narcotic drug obtained from the dried juice of unripe pods of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, and containing alkaloids such as morphine, codeine, and papaverine.

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