Sinhalese

English

Alternative forms

• Singhalese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Sinhalese (comparative more Sinhalese, superlative most Sinhalese)

1. 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 (ca)
• French: cinghalais (fr)
• Malay: Sinhala (ms)
• Manx: Seeloinagh (gv)
• Polish: syngaleski m

• Portuguese: cingalês (pt)
• Russian: сингальский (ru) (singál’skij)
• Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය (si) (sri laankeeya)
• Spanish: cingalés (es)
• Swedish: singalesisk (sv)

Noun

Sinhalese (plural Sinhalese)

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

Translations

Sinhalese person

• Catalan: singalès (ca) m
• Finnish: singaleesi (fi)
• French: Cingalais m, Cinghalais (fr) m, Singalais m, Singhalais m, Srilankais m, Sri-Lankais m, Ceylanais m, Cingalaise f, Cinghalaise (fr) f, Singalaise f, Singhalaise f, Srilankaise f, Sri-Lankaise f, Ceylanaise f
• Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
• Malay: Sinhala (ms)
• Manx: Seeloinagh (gv) m

• Polish: Syngalez m, Syngalezka f
• Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m
• Russian: сингалец (ru) (singálec) m, сингалка (ru) (singálka) m
• Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (si) (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (si) (helayā)
• Spanish: cingalés (es) m
• Swedish: singales (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Sinhalese: සිංහල (siṁhala)
• Swedish: singales c, singalesiska c (f)

Proper noun

Sinhalese

1. The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people (the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka).

Synonyms

• (language): Sinhala

Translations

the language

• Arabic: سنهالي (ar) (sinhaaliy) m, لغة سنهالية (ar) (luugha sinhalíyya) f
• Armenian: սինհալերեն (hy) (sinhaleren)
• Bulgarian: синхалски (bg) (sinhálski) m, синхалски език (bg) (sinhálski ezík) m
• Catalan: singalès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僧伽羅語 (cmn), 僧伽罗语 (cmn) (Sēngjiāluóyǔ)

• Finnish: singaleesi (fi)
• French: cinghalais (fr) m
• Georgian: სინჰალა (ka) (sinhala)
• German: Singhalesisch (de) n
• Hindi: सिंहली भाषा (hi) (sinhalī bhāṣā), सिंहली (hi) (sinhalī) f, सिंहाली (hi) (sinhālī) f
• Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
• Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) (Shinhara-go)
• Korean: 싱할라어 (ko) (Singhalla-eo)

• Macedonian: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: Seeloinish (gv) f
• Navajo: Sínghal bizaad
• Persian: زبان سینهالی (fa)
• Polish: syngaleski m
• Portuguese: cingalês (pt), cingalá (pt) m, cingala (pt) m
• Russian: сингальский (ru) (singál’skij), сингальский язык (ru) (singál’skij jazýk) m
• Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහල භාෂාව (si) (siṁhala bhāṣāva), හෙළ බස (si) (hela basa)
• Spanish: cingalés (es)
• Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c
• Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) (ciṅkaḷam)
• Telugu: సింహళీయ (te) (siMhaLIya)
• Thai: ภาษาสิงหล (th) (paa-săa sĭng-hŏn)
• Urdu: سنگھالی (ur) f

External links

• ISO 639-1 code si, ISO 639-3 code sin