सिंहल
Sanskrit
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
- সিংহল (Assamese script)
- ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬮ (Balinese script)
- সিংহল (Bengali script)
- 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (Brahmi script)
- သိံဟလ (Burmese script)
- સિંહલ (Gujarati script)
- ਸਿਂਹਲ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌲 (Grantha script)
- ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦭ (Javanese script)
- 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂪 (Kaithi script)
- ಸಿಂಹಲ (Kannada script)
- សិំហល (Khmer script)
- ສິໍຫລ (Lao script)
- സിംഹല (Malayalam script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘩 (Modi script)
- ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐮 (Newa script)
- ସିଂହଲ (Odia script)
- ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢭ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆬 (Sharada script)
- 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖩 (Siddham script)
- සිංහල (Sinhalese script)
- 𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩽 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚥 (Takri script)
- ஸிஂஹல (Tamil script)
- సింహల (Telugu script)
- สิํหล (Thai script)
- སིཾ་ཧ་ལ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + -ल (-la), literally “lionlike”.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /s̪ĩ.ɦɐ.l̪ɐ/
Noun
सिंहल • (siṃhala) stem, m or n
- Sri Lanka (an island of South Asia)
- a male given name
- (in the plural) Sri Lankans
- tin
- brass (more correctly सिंहलक (siṃhalaka))
- bark, rind
- Cassia bark (more correctly सैंहल (saiṃhala))
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सिंहलः (siṃhalaḥ) | सिंहलौ (siṃhalau) | सिंहलाः (siṃhalāḥ) |
| accusative | सिंहलम् (siṃhalam) | सिंहलौ (siṃhalau) | सिंहलान् (siṃhalān) |
| instrumental | सिंहलेन (siṃhalena) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलैः (siṃhalaiḥ) |
| dative | सिंहलाय (siṃhalāya) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सिंहलात् (siṃhalāt) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya) | सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ) | सिंहलानाम् (siṃhalānām) |
| locative | सिंहले (siṃhale) | सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ) | सिंहलेषु (siṃhaleṣu) |
| vocative | सिंहल (siṃhala) | सिंहलौ (siṃhalau) | सिंहलाः (siṃhalāḥ) |
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | सिंहलम् (siṃhalam) | सिंहले (siṃhale) | सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni) |
| accusative | सिंहलम् (siṃhalam) | सिंहले (siṃhale) | सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni) |
| instrumental | सिंहलेन (siṃhalena) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलैः (siṃhalaiḥ) |
| dative | सिंहलाय (siṃhalāya) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | सिंहलात् (siṃhalāt) | सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām) | सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya) | सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ) | सिंहलानाम् (siṃhalānām) |
| locative | सिंहले (siṃhale) | सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ) | सिंहलेषु (siṃhaleṣu) |
| vocative | सिंहल (siṃhala) | सिंहले (siṃhale) | सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni) |
Derived terms
- सैंहल (saiṃhala)
- सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit)
- सिंहलक (siṃhalaka)
Descendants
- Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (*siṃhala)
- Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (siṃhala), 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala)
- Pali: sīhaḷa, sīhala
- → Burmese: သီဟိုဠ် (sihuil)
- → Sinhalese: සිංහල (siṁhala)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 772