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Sinhalese
Etymology
From Tamil தம்பி m (tampi, “brother”)[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
තම්බියා • (tambiyā) (plural තම්බි)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) a Muslim
- (offensive, ethnic slur) a person of Sri Lankan Malay descent
2019 July 15, Twitter:මේ ක්රමයට තමා තම්බියා අපිව වද කරාලා සිංහල ජන සංහාරය කරන්නේ- mē kramayaṭa tamā tambiyā apiwa wada karālā siṁhala jana saṁhāraya karannē
- This is the way that tambiya sterilize us and commit Sinhalese genocide
2018 February 28, Twitter:අම්පාරේ තම්බියා පිලිගන්නවා ඌ කෑම වලට බෙහෙත් දැන්මා කියලා- ampārē tambiyā piligannawā ū kǣma walaṭa behet dænmā kiyalā
- Tambiya of Ampara admits he added drugs to the food.
2020 March 27, Elakiri.com:බණ්ඩාරගම තම්බියා කොරෝන පතුරලා.- baṇḍāragama tambiyā korōna paturalā.
- Bandaragama tambiya has spread corona.
References
- ^ Shamara Wettimuny (2020 September 7) “The Colonial History of Islamophobic Slurs in Sri Lanka”, in History Workshop