Elu

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Elu

/ˈ(h)ɛluː/

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Borrowed from Sinhalese එළු (eḷu), හෙළු (heḷu), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala) (compare Pali sīhala), from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + -ल (-la). Doublet of Ceylon and Sinhala.

proper noun Hela · Helu

the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

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"Elu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/elu. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Elu. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/elu

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"Elu." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/elu.

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@misc{elu_2026,
  title = {Elu},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/elu},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}