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syllable meaning in Sinhala

මාත්‍රා

/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/

syllable in Sinhala: මාත්‍රා, මාත්‍රා ලෙස කියවීම. In English, syllable means a unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

Sinhala words for syllable

මාත්‍රා, මාත්‍රා ලෙස කියවීම

English meaning of syllable

  1. noun A unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.
  2. noun The written representation of a given pronounced syllable.
  3. noun A small part of a sentence or discourse; anything concise or short; a particle.
  4. verb To utter in syllables.

Full definition of syllable

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Questions about syllable in Sinhala

What is the meaning of syllable in Sinhala?
Syllable in Sinhala is මාත්‍රා, මාත්‍රා ලෙස කියවීම.
syllable යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
Syllable: මාත්‍රා, මාත්‍රා ලෙස කියවීම.
What does syllable mean in English?
Syllable means a unit of human speech which often forms words corresponding to one opening of the mouth; a vowel and its surrounding consonants.

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Sinhala words from Sinhala Wiktionary: syllable (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: syllable (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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