सिंहलद्वीप

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Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Etymology

From सिंहल (siṃhala, Sri Lanka) +‎ द्वीप (dvīpa, island), possibly calquing Pali sīhaladīpa or Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva).

Pronunciation

Noun

सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) stemm

  1. (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit) The island of Sri Lanka.

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सिंहलद्वीप
Nom. sg. सिंहलद्वीपः (siṃhaladvīpaḥ)
Gen. sg. सिंहलद्वीपस्य (siṃhaladvīpasya)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative सिंहलद्वीपः (siṃhaladvīpaḥ) सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau) सिंहलद्वीपाः (siṃhaladvīpāḥ)
Vocative सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau) सिंहलद्वीपाः (siṃhaladvīpāḥ)
Accusative सिंहलद्वीपम् (siṃhaladvīpam) सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau) सिंहलद्वीपान् (siṃhaladvīpān)
Instrumental सिंहलद्वीपेन (siṃhaladvīpena) सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām) सिंहलद्वीपैः (siṃhaladvīpaiḥ)
Dative सिंहलद्वीपाय (siṃhaladvīpāya) सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām) सिंहलद्वीपेभ्यः (siṃhaladvīpebhyaḥ)
Ablative सिंहलद्वीपात् (siṃhaladvīpāt) सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām) सिंहलद्वीपेभ्यः (siṃhaladvīpebhyaḥ)
Genitive सिंहलद्वीपस्य (siṃhaladvīpasya) सिंहलद्वीपयोः (siṃhaladvīpayoḥ) सिंहलद्वीपानाम् (siṃhaladvīpānām)
Locative सिंहलद्वीपे (siṃhaladvīpe) सिंहलद्वीपयोः (siṃhaladvīpayoḥ) सिंहलद्वीपेषु (siṃhaladvīpeṣu)

Descendants

  • Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀧 (*siṃhaladīpa)
    • Prakrit: *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva)
      • Helu Prakrit: *𑀈𑀴𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*īḷadīva), *𑀳𑀻𑀟𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*hīḍadīva) (either from a variant *सिंहटद्वीप (siṃhaṭadvīpa) or influenced by Old Tamil)
        • Dhivehi: އޮޅުދޫ (oḷudū) (from earlier *𑤆𑤮𑤳𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (*eḷuduvu), possibly borrowed from Sinhalese)
        • Sinhalese: හෙළදිව (heḷadiwa)
    • Ancient Greek: Σιελεδίβα (Sieledíba), Σελεδίβα (Seledíba)
    • Persian: سرندیپ (sarandip)
  • Pali: Sīhaḷadīpa, Sīhaladīpa

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