Sri Lanka
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).
Pronunciation[edit]
It should be noted that the Sanskrit honorific that the "Sri" comes from (श्री, ISO: Śrī) is pronounced [ɕriː], and while this pronunciation is preserved in Sinhalese, the closest English phoneme that best fits [ɕ] is /ʃ/, resulting in the approximation /ʃɹ/. /sɹ/ in English results from ignoring or dropping the diacritic on ⟨s⟩ in the romanization ⟨śrī⟩. In Sinhalese, [sriː] may occur as an acceptable variant pronunciation only in quick, uneducated speech, because [ɕ] is an uncommon phoneme in Sinhalese and is replaced with [s] in certain dialects.
Proper noun[edit]
Sri Lanka
- Country in South Asia. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
- The island comprising most of this country.
Usage notes[edit]
“Sri Lanka” has been the official name since 1972; prior to that it was Ceylon.
Place names are a source of controversy in Sri Lankan politics, in connection with the Sri Lankan Civil War, and some find “Sri Lanka” to be too Sinhalese. A Tamil name is Eelam, and some Tamil political parties retain “Ceylon” in their name, such as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and the Ceylon Workers' Congress.
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See also[edit]
- Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- Names of Sri Lanka
References[edit]
- ^ "Sri Lanka" in several reference works
- ^ (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 19 February 2010, archived from the original on 1 November 2013
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Asturian[edit]
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- Sri Lanka (a country in South Asia)
Central Huasteca Nahuatl[edit]
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- Sri Lanka (an island and a country)
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “holy”) and लंका (laṃkā, “island”).
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Finnish[edit]
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Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka
- Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavalta
Declension[edit]
Inflection of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Sri Lanka | — | |
genitive | Sri Lankan | — | |
partitive | Sri Lankaa | — | |
illative | Sri Lankaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Sri Lanka | — | |
accusative | nom. | Sri Lanka | — |
gen. | Sri Lankan | ||
genitive | Sri Lankan | — | |
partitive | Sri Lankaa | — | |
inessive | Sri Lankassa | — | |
elative | Sri Lankasta | — | |
illative | Sri Lankaan | — | |
adessive | Sri Lankalla | — | |
ablative | Sri Lankalta | — | |
allative | Sri Lankalle | — | |
essive | Sri Lankana | — | |
translative | Sri Lankaksi | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
abessive | Sri Lankatta | — | |
comitative | — | — |
Possessive forms of Sri Lanka (type kala) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | Sri Lankani | Sri Lankamme |
2nd person | Sri Lankasi | Sri Lankanne |
3rd person | Sri Lankansa |
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Sri Lanka m
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Sri Lanka n (proper noun, genitive Sri Lankas or (optionally with an article) Sri Lanka)
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia)
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Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).
Pronunciation[edit]
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Sri Lanka
See also[edit]
- (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania
Further reading[edit]
- “Sri Lanka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
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Sri Lanka f
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Further reading[edit]
- Sri Lanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- Sri Lanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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Sri Lanka m
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Sri Lanka n (genitive Sri Lankas)
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