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English
Etymology Sinhala -ese
Pronunciation
Adjective Sinhalese (comparative more Sinhalese , superlative most Sinhalese )
Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka , their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.
Translations of or pertaining to Sri Lanka
Noun Sinhalese (countable and uncountable plural Sinhalese
( countable ) Sri Lanka .( uncountable )
Synonyms
Translations Sinhalese person
Catalan: singalès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 僧伽罗人
Czech: Sinhálec m
Finnish: singaleesi
French: Cingalais (fr) m Cinghalais (fr) m Singalais (fr) m Singhalais (fr) m Srilankais (fr) m Sri-Lankais (fr) m Ceylanais (fr) m Cingalaise (fr) f Cinghalaise (fr) f Singalaise f Singhalaise f Srilankaise (fr) f Sri-Lankaise (fr) f Ceylanaise (fr) f
German: Singhalese m Singhalesin f
Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
Irish: Siolónach m
Macedonian: Синхалец m ( Sinhalec ) , Синхалка f ( Sinhalka )
Malay: Sinhala
Manx: Seeloinagh m
Marathi: सिंहली m ( siuhlī )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: singaleser m
Nynorsk: singalesar m
Polish: Syngalez m Syngalezka (pl) f
Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m
Russian: синга́лец (ru) m ( singálec ) , синга́лка (ru) m ( singálka )
Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) ( siṁhala ) , සිංහලයා (si) ( siṁhalayā ) , හෙළයා ( heḷayā )
Spanish: cingalés (es) m
Swedish: singales (sv) c
Uzbek: Singalcha Singal (uz)
the language
Arabic: سِنْهَالِيّ m ( sinhāliyy ) , لُغَة سِنْهَالِيَّة f ( luḡa sinhāliyya )
Armenian: սինհալերեն ( sinhaleren )
Bulgarian: синха́лски m ( sinhálski ) , синха́лски ези́к m ( sinhálski ezík )
Catalan: singalès (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 僧伽羅語 ／ 僧伽罗语 (zh) ( Sēngjiāluóyǔ )
Czech: sinhálština f
Finnish: sinhali singaleesi
French: cinghalais (fr) m
Georgian: სინჰალა ( sinhala )
German: Singhalesisch (de) n
Hindi: सिंहली भाषा ( sĩhlī bhāṣā ) , सिंहली (hi) f ( sĩhlī ) , सिंहाली (hi) f ( sĩhālī )
Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
Irish: Siolóinis f
Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) ( Shinhara-go )
Korean: 싱할라어 ( Singhalla'eo )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kîngalî
Macedonian: синхалски m ( sinhalski )
Manx: Seeloinish f
Marathi: सिंहली f ( siuhlī )
Navajo: Sínghal bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: singalesisk (no) m
Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn) m
Persian: زبان سینهالی
Polish: syngaleski (pl) m
Portuguese: cingalês (pt) , cingalá m cingala (pt) m
Russian: синга́льский (ru) ( singálʹskij ) , синга́льский язы́к m ( singálʹskij jazýk )
Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) ( siṁhala ) , සිංහල භාෂාව (si) ( siṁhala bhāṣāwa ) , හෙළ බස ( heḷa basa )
Spanish: cingalés (es)
Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c
Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) ( ciṅkaḷam )
Telugu: సింహళీయ ( siṁhaḷīya )
Thai: ภาษาสิงหล ( paa-săa sĭng-hŏn )
Urdu: سنگھالی f
Uzbek: Singal (uz)
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