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Sinhalese Definition

Sinhalese

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Adjective

Sinhalese (comparative more Sinhalese, superlative most Sinhalese)

  1. Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.

Noun

Sinhalese (plural Sinhalese)

  1. A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.

Translations

Sinhalese person
  • Finnish: singaleesi (fi)
  • French: Cinghalais (fr) m., Cinghalaise (fr) f.
  • Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
  • Manx: Seeloinagh (gv) m.
  • Polish: Syngalez m., Syngalezka f.
  • Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m.
  • Russian: сингалец (ru) (singálec) m., сингалка (ru) (singálka) m.
  • Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (si) (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (si) (helayā)
  • Spanish: cingalés (es) m.
  • Swedish: singales (sv) c.
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  • Sinhalese: සිංහල (siṁhala)
  • Swedish: singales c., singalesiska c. (f.)

Proper noun

Sinhalese

  1. The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people (the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka).

Synonyms

Translations

the language
  • Arabic: سنهالي (ar) (sinhaaliy) m., لغة سنهالية (ar) (luugha sinhalíyya) f.
  • Armenian: սինհալերեն (hy) (sinhaleren)
  • Bulgarian: синхалски (bg) (sinhálski) m., синхалски език (bg) (sinhálski ezík) m.
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 僧伽羅語 (cmn), 僧伽罗语 (cmn) (Sēngjiāluóyǔ)
  • Finnish: singaleesi (fi)
  • French: cinghalais (fr) m.
  • Georgian: სინჰალა (ka) (sinhala)
  • German: Singhalesisch (de) n.
  • Hindi: सिंहली भाषा (hi) (sinhalī bhāṣā), सिंहली (hi) (sinhalī) f., सिंहाली (hi) (sinhālī) f.
  • Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
  • Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) (Shinhara-go)
  • Korean: 싱할라어 (ko) (Singhalla-eo)
  • Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
  • Manx: Seeloinish (gv) f.
  • Navajo: Sínghal bizaad
  • Persian: زبان سینهالی (fa)
  • Polish: syngaleski m.
  • Portuguese: cingalês (pt)
  • Russian: сингальский (ru) (singál’skij), сингальский язык (ru) (singál’skij jazýk) m.
  • Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහල භාෂාව (si) (siṁhala bhāṣāva), හෙළ බස (si) (hela basa)
  • Spanish: cingalés (es)
  • Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c.
  • Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) (ciṅkaḷam)
  • Telugu: please add this translation if you can
  • Thai: ภาษาสิงหล (th) (paa-săa sĭng-hŏn)
  • Urdu: سنگھالی (ur) f.

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