කමල

Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Apabhramsa कमल (kamala), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀫𑀮 (kamala), from Sanskrit कमल (kamala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kamələ]

Noun

කමල • (kamala)

1. lotus, water lily

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “කමල”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 152.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kamala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 139