වම
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Sinhalese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit වාම (vāma, “left”).[1] (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Check if inherited; cf grāma > gama.”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- left (side)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vā́ma¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 673: “Si. vam (vam-a 'the left')”
- ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “වම”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 563.