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poor meaning in Sinhala

දිළිඳ diḷiⁿda

/pʊɚ/

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poor in Sinhala: දිළිඳ (diḷiⁿda). In English, poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

Sinhala words for poor

poor, indigent
දිළිඳ diḷiⁿda

English meaning of poor

  1. adjective With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
  2. adjective Of low quality.
  3. adjective Worthy of pity.
  4. adjective Deficient in a specified way.

Full definition of poor

poor in a sentence

  • We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
  • That was a poor performance.
  • Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!

Synonyms of poor

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Questions about poor in Sinhala

What is the meaning of poor in Sinhala?
Poor in Sinhala is දිළිඳ (diḷiⁿda).
poor යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Poor: දිළිඳ (diḷiⁿda).
What does poor mean in English?
Poor means with no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.

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