ඇස

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Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi, eye).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ඇස (æsa)[2]

  1. (anatomy) eye

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “ඇස”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.