Sinhalese

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /sɪnhəˈliːz/, /sɪnəˈliːz/
Rhymes: -iːz

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

Catalan: singalès
Czech: sinhálský
French: cinghalais (fr)
German: singhalesisch (de)
Irish: Siolónach
Malay: Sinhala
Manx: Seeloinagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: singalesisk (no)

Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn)

Polish: syngaleski (pl) m
Portuguese: cingalês (pt)
Russian: синга́льский (ru) (singálʹskij)
Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය (ś‍rī lāṁkīya)
Spanish: cingalés (es)
Swedish: singalesisk

Noun

Sinhalese (plural Sinhalese)

A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.

Translations

Sinhalese person

Catalan: singalès m
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
Malay: Sinhala
Manx: Seeloinagh m
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 (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā)
Spanish: cingalés (es) m
Swedish: singales (sv) c
Uzbek: Singalcha, Singal (uz)

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Translations to be checked

Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} සිංහල (siṁhala)

Swedish: singales c, singalesiska c (f)

Proper noun

Sinhalese

The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.

Synonyms

(language): Sinhala

Translations

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 m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 僧伽羅語 (zh), 僧伽罗语 (zh) (Sēngjiāluóyǔ)
Czech: sinhálština f
Finnish: singaleesi
French: cinghalais (fr) m
Georgian: სინჰალა (sinhala)
German: Singhalesisch (de) n
Hindi: सिंहली भाषा (sinhalī bhāṣā), सिंहली (hi) f (sinhalī), सिंहाली (hi) f (sinhālī)
Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
Irish: Siolóinis f
Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) (Shinhara-go)
Korean: 싱할라어 (Singhalla-eo)
Kurdish: kîngalî‎‎
Macedonian: please add this translation if you can

Manx: Seeloinish f
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 (siṁhala bhāṣāva), හෙළ බස (heḷa basa)
Spanish: cingalés (es)
Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c
Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) (ciṅkaḷam)
Telugu: సింహళీయ (siṃhaḷīya)
Thai: ภาษาสิงหล (paa-săa sĭng-hŏn)
Urdu: سنگھالی‎‎ f
Uzbek: Singal (uz)

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