सिंहलद्वीप

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

সিংহলদ্বীপ (Assamese script)
ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬮᬤ᭄ᬯᬷᬧ (Balinese script)
সিংহলদ্বীপ (Bengali script)
𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰩𑰟𑰿𑰪𑰱𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮𑀤𑁆𑀯𑀻𑀧 (Brahmi script)
သိံဟလဒွီပ (Burmese script)
સિંહલદ્વીપ (Gujarati script)
ਸਿਂਹਲਦ੍ਵੀਪ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌲𑌦𑍍𑌵𑍀𑌪 (Grantha script)
ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦭꦢ꧀ꦮꦷꦥ (Javanese script)
𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂪𑂠𑂹𑂫𑂲𑂣 (Kaithi script)
ಸಿಂಹಲದ್ವೀಪ (Kannada script)
សិំហលទ្វីប (Khmer script)
ສິໍຫລທ຺ວີປ (Lao script)
സിംഹലദ്വീപ (Malayalam script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠᡩᠣᠸᡳᡳᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘩𑘟𑘿𑘪𑘲𑘢 (Modi script)
ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᠯᠠᢑᠸᠢᠢᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧉𑦿𑧠𑧊𑧓𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐮𑐡𑑂𑐰𑐷𑐥 (Newa script)
ସିଂହଲଦ୍ଵୀପ (Odia script)
ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢭꢣ꣄ꢮꢷꢦ (Saurashtra script)
𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆬𑆢𑇀𑆮𑆵𑆥 (Sharada script)
𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖩𑖟𑖿𑖪𑖱𑖢 (Siddham script)
සිංහලද්‍වීප (Sinhalese script)
𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩽𑩭 𑪙𑩾𑩑𑩛𑩰 (Soyombo script)
𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚥𑚛𑚶𑚦𑚯𑚞 (Takri script)
ஸிஂஹலத்³வீப (Tamil script)
సింహలద్వీప (Telugu script)
สิํหลทฺวีป (Thai script)
སིཾ་ཧ་ལ་དྭཱི་པ (Tibetan script)
𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒪𑒠𑓂𑒫𑒲𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨬𑨛𑩇𑨭𑨁𑨊𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”) +‎ द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”), possibly calquing Pali sīhaladīpa or Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva).

Pronunciation

(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /s̪ĩ.ɦɐ.l̪ɐd̪.ʋiː.pɐ/

Noun

सिंहलद्वीप • (siṃhaladvīpa) stem, m

(Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit) The island of Sri Lanka

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सिंहलद्वीप
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	सिंहलद्वीपः (siṃhaladvīpaḥ)	सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau)	सिंहलद्वीपाः (siṃhaladvīpāḥ)
accusative	सिंहलद्वीपम् (siṃhaladvīpam)	सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau)	सिंहलद्वीपान् (siṃhaladvīpān)
instrumental	सिंहलद्वीपेन (siṃhaladvīpena)	सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām)	सिंहलद्वीपैः (siṃhaladvīpaiḥ)
dative	सिंहलद्वीपाय (siṃhaladvīpāya)	सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām)	सिंहलद्वीपेभ्यः (siṃhaladvīpebhyaḥ)
ablative	सिंहलद्वीपात् (siṃhaladvīpāt)	सिंहलद्वीपाभ्याम् (siṃhaladvīpābhyām)	सिंहलद्वीपेभ्यः (siṃhaladvīpebhyaḥ)
genitive	सिंहलद्वीपस्य (siṃhaladvīpasya)	सिंहलद्वीपयोः (siṃhaladvīpayoḥ)	सिंहलद्वीपानाम् (siṃhaladvīpānām)
locative	सिंहलद्वीपे (siṃhaladvīpe)	सिंहलद्वीपयोः (siṃhaladvīpayoḥ)	सिंहलद्वीपेषु (siṃhaladvīpeṣu)
vocative	सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa)	सिंहलद्वीपौ (siṃhaladvīpau)	सिंहलद्वीपाः (siṃhaladvīpāḥ)

Descendants

Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀧 (*siṃhaladīpa)
- Prakrit: *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva)
  - Helu Prakrit: *𑀈𑀴𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*īḷadīva), *𑀳𑀻𑀟𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*hīḍadīva) (either from a variant *सिंहटद्वीप (*siṃhaṭadvīpa) or influenced by Old Tamil)
    - Dhivehi: އޮޅުދޫ (oḷudū) (from earlier *𑤆𑤮𑤳𑤝𑤳𑤩𑤳 (*eḷuduvu), possibly borrowed from Sinhalese)
    - Sinhalese: හෙළදිව (heḷadiwa)
- → Ancient Greek: Σιελεδίβα (Sieledíba), Σελεδίβα (Seledíba)
  - → Latin: Selediva
- → Persian: سرندیپ (sarandip)
  - Arabic: سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb)
    - → English: Serendib, Serendip
    - → Medieval Latin: Serendivus
Pali: Sīhaḷadīpa, Sīhaladīpa

References

Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहलद्वीप”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhaladvīpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 772