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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka. countable
2. 2
   the Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka wordnet
3. 3
   The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people. uncountable
4. 4
   of an ethnic group native to Sri Lanka wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to the Sinhalese people wordnet
2. 2
   of or relating to the Sinhalese languages wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

sinhalasinhalaenglishlanguagesinghalesesinghalese

Etymology

From Sinhala + -ese.

Related phrases

sri lanka

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.