Sinhalese

English

Alternative forms

• Note: Some of these forms are no longer in current use.
• Singalese, Singhalese
• Cinghalese, Cingalese

Etymology

Sinhala +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɪnhəˈliːz/, /sɪnəˈliːz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Sinhalese (comparative more Sinhalese, superlative most Sinhalese)

1. Of or pertaining to the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka, their Indo-Aryan language, or their culture.

Translations

of or pertaining to Sri Lanka

• Bulgarian: цейлонски (cejlonski)
• Catalan: singalès (ca)
• Czech: sinhálský
• French: cinghalais (fr)
• German: singhalesisch (de)
• Irish: Siolónach
• Macedonian: синхалски m pl (sinhalski)
• Malay: Sinhala
• Manx: Seeloinagh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: singalesisk (no)

  Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn)

• Polish: syngaleski (pl) m
• Portuguese: cingalês (pt)
• Russian: синга́льский (ru) (singálʹskij)
• Sinhalese: ශ්‍රී ලාංකීය (śrī lāṁkīya)
• Spanish: cingalés (es)
• Swedish: singalesisk (sv)
• Turkish: Seylanca

Noun

Sinhalese (countable and uncountable, plural Sinhalese)

1. (countable) A Sinhalese person: a member of the majority ethnic group of Sri Lanka.
2. (uncountable) The Indo-Aryan language of the Sinhalese people.

Synonyms

• (language): Sinhala

Translations

Sinhalese person

• Catalan: singalès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僧伽罗人

• Czech: Sinhálec m
• Finnish: singaleesi
• French: Cingalais (fr) m, Cinghalais (fr) m, Singalais (fr) m, Singhalais (fr) m, Srilankais (fr) m, Sri-Lankais (fr) m, Ceylanais (fr) m, Cingalaise (fr) f, Cinghalaise (fr) f, Singalaise f, Singhalaise f, Srilankaise (fr) f, Sri-Lankaise (fr) f, Ceylanaise (fr) f
• German: Singhalese m, Singhalesin f
• Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
• Irish: Siolónach m
• Macedonian: Синхалец m (Sinhalec), Синхалка f (Sinhalka)
• Malay: Sinhala
• Manx: Seeloinagh m
• Marathi: सिंहली m (siuhlī)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: singaleser m

  Nynorsk: singalesar m

• Polish: Syngalez m, Syngalezka (pl) f
• Portuguese: cingalês (pt) m
• Russian: синга́лец (ru) m (singálec), синга́лка (ru) m (singálka)
• Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහලයා (si) (siṁhalayā), හෙළයා (heḷayā)
• Spanish: cingalés (es) m
• Swedish: singales (sv) c
• Uzbek: Singalcha, Singal (uz)

the language

• Arabic: سِنْهَالِيّ m (sinhāliyy), لُغَة سِنْهَالِيَّة f (luḡa sinhāliyya)
• Armenian: սինհալերեն (sinhaleren)
• Bulgarian: синха́лски m (sinhálski), синха́лски ези́к m (sinhálski ezík)
• Catalan: singalès (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 僧伽羅語／僧伽罗语 (zh) (Sēngjiāluóyǔ)

• Czech: sinhálština f
• Finnish: sinhali, singaleesi
• French: cinghalais (fr) m
• Georgian: სინჰალა (sinhala)
• German: Singhalesisch (de) n
• Hindi: सिंहली भाषा (sĩhlī bhāṣā), सिंहली (hi) f (sĩhlī), सिंहाली (hi) f (sĩhālī)
• Hungarian: szingaléz (hu)
• Irish: Siolóinis f
• Japanese: シンハラ語 (ja) (Shinhara-go)
• Korean: 싱할라어 (Singhalla'eo)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: kîngalî

• Macedonian: синхалски m (sinhalski)
• Manx: Seeloinish f
• Marathi: सिंहली f (siuhlī)
• Navajo: Sínghal bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: singalesisk (no) m

  Nynorsk: singalesisk (nn) m

• Persian: زبان سینهالی
• Polish: syngaleski (pl) m
• Portuguese: cingalês (pt), cingalá m, cingala (pt) m
• Russian: синга́льский (ru) (singálʹskij), синга́льский язы́к m (singálʹskij jazýk)
• Sinhalese: සිංහල (si) (siṁhala), සිංහල භාෂාව (si) (siṁhala bhāṣāwa), හෙළ බස (heḷa basa)
• Spanish: cingalés (es)
• Swedish: singalesiska (sv) c
• Tamil: சிங்களம் (ta) (ciṅkaḷam)
• Telugu: సింహళీయ (siṁhaḷīya)
• Thai: ภาษาสิงหล (paa-săa sĭng-hŏn)
• Urdu: سنگھالی f
• Uzbek: Singal (uz)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Sinhalese: ^{(please verify)} සිංහල (si) (siṁhala)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} singales (sv) c, ^{(please verify)} singalesiska (sv) c or f

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code si, ISO 639-3 code sin (SIL)