Sinhalese

English

Alternative forms

• Note: Some of these forms are no longer in current use.
• Singalese, Singhalese
• Cinghalese, Cingalese

Etymology

Sinhala +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnhəˈliːz/, /sɪnəˈliːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• 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

Bulgarian: цейлонски (cejlonski) Catalan: singalès (ca) Czech: sinhálský French: cinghalais (fr) German: singhalesisch (de) Irish: Siolónach Macedonian: синхалски m pl (sinhalski) Malay: Sinhala Manx: Seeloinagh Norwegian: Bokmål: singalesisk (no) Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn) Polish: syngaleski (pl) m Portuguese: cingalês (pt) Russian: синга́льский (ru) (singálʹskij) Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය (śrī lāṁkīya) Spanish: cingalés (es) Swedish: singalesisk (sv) Turkish: Seylanca

Noun

Sinhalese (countable and uncountable, plural Sinhalese)

1. (countable) A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
2. (uncountable) The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.

Synonyms

• (language): Sinhala

Translations

Sinhalese person

Catalan: singalès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 僧伽罗人 Czech: Sinhálec m Finnish: singaleesi French: Cingalais (fr) m, Cinghalais (fr) m, Singalais (fr) m, Singhalais (fr) m, Srilankais (fr) m, Sri-Lankais (fr) m, Ceylanais (fr) m, Cingalaise (fr) f, Cinghalaise (fr) f, Singalaise f, Singhalaise f, Srilankaise (fr) f, Sri-Lankaise (fr) f, Ceylanaise (fr) f German: Singhalese m, Singhalesin f Hungarian: szingaléz (hu) Irish: Siolónach m Macedonian: Синхалец m (Sinhalec), Синхалка f (Sinhalka) Malay: Sinhala Manx: Seeloinagh m Marathi: सिंहली m (siuhlī) Norwegian: Bokmål: singaleser m Nynorsk: singalesar m Polish: Syngalez m, Syngalezka (pl) f Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m Russian: синга́лец (ru) m (singálec), синга́лка (ru) m (singálka) Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (si) (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā) Spanish: cingalés (es) m Swedish: singales (sv) c Uzbek: Singalcha, Singal (uz)

the language

Arabic: سِنْهَالِيّ m (sinhāliyy), لُغَة سِنْهَالِيَّة f (luḡa sinhāliyya) Armenian: սինհալերեն (sinhaleren) Bulgarian: синха́лски m (sinhálski), синха́лски ези́к m (sinhálski ezík) Catalan: singalès (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 僧伽羅語 / 僧伽罗语 (zh) (Sēngjiāluóyǔ) Czech: sinhálština f Finnish: sinhali, singaleesi French: cinghalais (fr) m Georgian: სინჰალა (sinhala) German: Singhalesisch (de) n Hindi: सिंहली भाषा (sĩhlī bhāṣā), सिंहली (hi) f (sĩhlī), सिंहाली (hi) f (sĩhālī) Hungarian: szingaléz (hu) Irish: Siolóinis f Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) (Shinhara-go) Korean: 싱할라어 (Singhalla'eo) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kîngalî Macedonian: синхалски m (sinhalski) Manx: Seeloinish f Marathi: सिंहली f (siuhlī) Navajo: Sínghal bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: singalesisk (no) m Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn) m Persian: زبان سینهالی Polish: syngaleski (pl) m Portuguese: cingalês (pt), cingalá m, cingala (pt) m Russian: синга́льский (ru) (singálʹskij), синга́льский язы́к m (singálʹskij jazýk) Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහල භාෂාව (si) (siṁhala bhāṣāwa), හෙළ බස (heḷa basa) Spanish: cingalés (es) Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) (ciṅkaḷam) Telugu: సింహళీయ (siṁhaḷīya) Thai: ภาษาสิงหล (paa-săa sĭng-hŏn) Urdu: سنگھالی f Uzbek: Singal (uz)

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Translations to be checked

Sinhalese: (please verify) සිංහල (si) (siṁhala) Swedish: (please verify) singales (sv) c, (please verify) singalesiska (sv) c or f

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code si, ISO 639-3 code sin (SIL)