පූණ නූල
Sinhalese
Etymology
Borrowed from Tamil பூணூல் (pūṇūl).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [puːnə‿nuːlə]
Noun
පූණ නූල • (pūṇa nūla)
- sacred string or cord which Brahmins and others wear over their shoulder
- the ring around the neck of a parrot
References
- Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “පූණ·නූල”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.