Sinhalese meaning in Sinhala
ශ්රී ලාංකීය śrī lāṁkīya
/sɪnhəˈliːz/
Sinhalese in Sinhala: ශ්රී ලාංකීය (śrī lāṁkīya), සිංහල (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā). In English, Sinhalese means of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
Sinhala words for Sinhalese
- of or pertaining to Sri Lanka
- ශ්රී ලාංකීය śrī lāṁkīya
- Sinhalese person
- සිංහල siṁhala, සිංහලයා siṁhalayā, හෙළයා heḷayā
- the language
- සිංහල siṁhala, සිංහල භාෂාව siṁhala bhāṣāwa, හෙළ බස heḷa basa
English meaning of Sinhalese
- adjective Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
- noun A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
- noun The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.
Synonyms of Sinhalese
Sinhalese in other languages
Questions about Sinhalese in Sinhala
- What is the meaning of Sinhalese in Sinhala?
- Sinhalese in Sinhala is ශ්රී ලාංකීය (śrī lāṁkīya), සිංහල (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā).
- Sinhalese යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
- Sinhalese: ශ්රී ලාංකීය (śrī lāṁkīya), සිංහල (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā).
- What does Sinhalese mean in English?
- Sinhalese means of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Sinhalese (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. 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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