තුවක්කුව
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Sinhalese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Classical Persian تُفَکْ (tufak), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تفك (tüfek). Cognate with Tamil துப்பாக்கி (tuppākki), Malayalam തോക്ക് (tōkkŭ).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
තුවක්කුව • (tuwakkuwa)
References[edit]
- Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “තුවක්කුව”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.