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pepper meaning in Sinhala

කිණු kiṇu

/ˈpɛp.ə/US/ˈpɛp.ɚ/

pepper in Sinhala: කිණු (kiṇu), ගම්මිරිස් (gammiris). In English, pepper means a plant of the family Piperaceae.

Sinhala words for pepper

pepper
කිණු kiṇu, ගම්මිරිස් gammiris

English meaning of pepper

  1. noun A plant of the family Piperaceae.
  2. noun A spice prepared from the fermented, dried, unripe berries of this plant.
  3. noun A fruit of the capsicum plant: red, green, yellow or white, hollow and containing seeds, and in a wide range of mild (sweet, nonspicy) to hot (spicy) varieties.
  4. noun A game used by baseball players to warm up where fielders standing close to a batter rapidly return the batted ball to be hit again.

Full definition of pepper

pepper in a sentence

  • Some ballparks have signs saying "No pepper games".
  • After the hailstorm, the beach was peppered with holes.
  • He liked to pepper long words throughout his conversation.

Synonyms of pepper

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Questions about pepper in Sinhala

What is the meaning of pepper in Sinhala?
Pepper in Sinhala is කිණු (kiṇu), ගම්මිරිස් (gammiris).
pepper යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Pepper: කිණු (kiṇu), ගම්මිරිස් (gammiris).
What does pepper mean in English?
Pepper means a plant of the family Piperaceae.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “pepper”: කිණු, ගම්මිරිස්. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: pepper (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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