Sinhala

n. 僧伽罗语

发音

US /ˈsɪnhələ/

别名

Cinghal Singhala

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of Sinhalese (“language”).

    不可数
name
  1. 1.

    The island of Sri Lanka.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    The kingdom in the island of Sri Lanka mentioned in the Mahabharata.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

Singhalese Sinhalese

上位词 1

Sanskrit

相关短语

Sinhala Hound Sinhala Hounds

词源

Borrowed from Sinhalese සිංහල (siṁhala), itself borrowed from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃhá, “lion”) + -ल (-la), recorded as the name of the island of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from about the 10th to 12th century, but presumably older, as it is also the source of the name Ceylon in western geographic tradition. The name is sometimes glossed as "abode of lions", referring to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island ( The Asiatic Journal 20 (1836), p. 30). Doublet of Ceylon and Elu.

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