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what for meaning in Sinhala

මොට moṭa

what for in Sinhala: මොට (moṭa). In English, what for means for what purpose.

Sinhala words for what for

what for...?
මොට moṭa

English meaning of what for

  1. adverb For what purpose.
  2. adverb For what reason; why.
  3. noun An unspecified punishment or rebuke.

Full definition of what for

what for in a sentence

  • What is this tool for?
  • That's what friends are for.
  • He wants four copies of it? What for?

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Questions about what for in Sinhala

What is the meaning of what for in Sinhala?
What for in Sinhala is මොට (moṭa).
what for යන්නෙහි සිංහල තේරුම කුමක්ද?
What for: මොට (moṭa).
What does what for mean in English?
What for means for what purpose.

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Sinhala words from Wiktionary's Sinhala entries whose English meaning is “what for”: මොට. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: what for (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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