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Sinhalese

  • /sɪnhəˈliːz/
  • /sɪnəˈliːz/

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adjective more Sinhalese · most Sinhalese · Singalese · Singhalese · Cinghalese · Cingalese

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

noun Sinhalese · Singalese · Singhalese · Cinghalese · Cingalese

  1. countable A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
  2. uncountable The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.

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adj of or pertaining to Sri Lanka

Españolcingalés
हिन्दीसिंहली sĩhlī
Portuguêscingalês
Françaiscinghalais
Deutschsinghalesisch
Русскийсинга́льский singálʹskij

noun Sinhalese person

Españolcingalés
中文僧伽罗人
हिन्दीसिंहली sĩhlī
Portuguêscingalês
FrançaisCingalais, Cinghalais, Singalais, Singhalais, Srilankais, Sri-Lankais
DeutschSinghalese, Singhalesin
Italianosingalese, singalesi
Русскийсинга́лец singálec, синга́лка singálka

noun the language

Españolcingalés
한국어싱할라어 Singhalla'eo
日本語シンハラ語 Shinhara-go
中文僧伽羅語 /僧伽罗语 Sēngjiāluóyǔ
हिन्दीसिंहली भाषा sĩhlī bhāṣā, सिंहली sĩhlī, सिंहाली sĩhālī
Portuguêscingalês, cingalá, cingala
Françaiscinghalais
DeutschSinghalesisch
Русскийсинга́льский singálʹskij, синга́льский язы́к singálʹskij jazýk
العربيةسِنْهَالِيّ sinhāliyy, لُغَة سِنْهَالِيَّة luḡa sinhāliyya

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@misc{sinhalese_2026,
  title = {Sinhalese},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sinhalese},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}