අසල

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Sinhalese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit अञ्चल (añcala, “border or end of garment”)[1] or आसन्न (ā́sanna, “seated”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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අසල • (asala)[4]

  1. near, neighbouring

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “añcala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 168
  2. ^ Geiger, Wilhelm (1897) Etymologie des Singhalesischen (in German), Munich: Academy Press, page 10
  3. ^ Geiger, Wilhelm (1938) A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, page 14
  4. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “අසල”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
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