সিংহল

Bengali

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (*sīhala); compare Pali Sīhaladīpa, obsolete Dhivehi އޮޅުދޫ (oḷudū). Doublet of সিংহ (śiṅho).

Proper noun

সিংহল • (śiṅghôl)

  1. (archaic, historical) Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia) [prior to 1972].

Usage notes

The term সিংহল is generally considered archaic, having been replaced by শ্রীলঙ্কা, but it is still used in some contexts.

Derived terms

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.