play meaning in Sinhala
නෙයියාඩම neyiyāḍama
/pleɪ̯/ [pɫ̥eɪ̯ ~ pʰɫeɪ̯]
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play in Sinhala: නෙයියාඩම (neyiyāḍama). In English, play means to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
Sinhala words for play
- play, sport
- නෙයියාඩම neyiyāḍama
English meaning of play
- verb To act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
- verb To toy or trifle; to act with levity or thoughtlessness; to be careless.
- verb To perform in (a sport); to participate in (a game).
- verb Specifying a particular sporting role or position.
play in a sentence
- The children played in the park.
- 2003, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont et al. (eds.), Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth, Cambridge Univ. Press, p.52:
- Don't play with your food!
Synonyms of play
play in other languages
- play in Hindi
- play in Tamil
- play in Marathi
- play in Urdu
- play in Bengali
- play in Telugu
- play in Malayalam
- play in Kannada
- play in Punjabi
- play in Gujarati
- play in Odia
- play in Sanskrit
- play in Assamese
- play in Nepali
- play in Pashto
- play in Tagalog
- play in Arabic
- play in Malay
- play in Indonesian
- play in Persian
- play in Thai
- play in Vietnamese
- play in Myanmar
Questions about play in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of play in Sinhala?
- Play in Sinhala is නෙයියාඩම (neyiyāḍama).
- play යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Play: නෙයියාඩම (neyiyāḍama).
- What does play mean in English?
- Play means to act in a manner such that one has fun; to engage in activities expressly for the purpose of recreation or entertainment.
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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “play”: නෙයියාඩම. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: play (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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