පළිඟු

Sinhalese

Alternative forms

  • පළිඟුව (paḷiⁿguwa)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀨𑀸𑀮𑀺𑀕 (phāliga), from Sanskrit ස‍්ඵටික (sphaṭika).[1] Compare Tamil பளிங்கு (paḷiṅku), Malayalam പളുങ്ക് (paḷuṅkŭ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəliᵑɡu/

Noun

පළිඟු • (paḷiⁿgu)[2][3]

  1. crystal

References

More information
  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sphaṭika”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 798: “Si. piḷi, paḷin̆gu-va EGS 101”
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “පළිඟු”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 372.
  3. ^ Wilhelm Geiger (1941) “පළිඟුව”, in Etymological Glossary of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 101; republished New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1997
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