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Exception from the standard are the romanization of Sinhala long "ä" ([æː]) as "ää", and the non-marking of prenasalized stops. Sinhala words of English origin mainly came about during the period of British colonial rule in Sri Lanka. This period saw absorption of several English words into the local language brought about by the ...
The term vijñāna is mentioned in many early Upanishads, where it has been translated by terms such as understanding, knowledge, and intelligence. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In the Pāli Canon 's Sutta Pitaka 's first four nikāyas , viññā ṇ a is one of three overlapping Pali terms used to refer to the mind, the others being manas and citta .
Kulatunga, a Sri Lankan computer engineer, [16] [17] wrote a program in Visual Basic for an English–Sinhala dictionary, using the dictionary entries from the English–Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera. [18] [19] The program was marketed from 23 November 2002.
Tatsama in Sinhala can be identified by their ending exclusively in -ya or -va, [citation needed] whereas native Sinhala words tend to show a greater array of endings. Many scientific concepts make use of tatsama, for instance grahaņaya 'eclipse', but they are also found for more everyday concepts.
Similarly the term "Ganayā" (ගණයා) is blasphemous; it is a very disrespectful reference to a Buddhist monk. The term "Rahath Unā"(රහත් උනා) can also be treated as blasphemy, due to the fact that the religious term "attaining Arahat (enlightened) state" is used here to mean something non-religious and mundane. The slang ...
Several recalls were issued this year for BMW of North America, LLC (BMW) vehicles. The recall report data is from Jan. 1, 2024, to Dec. 27, 2024.
The owner of a marijuana dispensary in the Big Apple is on a financial high after his budding business raked in about $7 million in sales last year - nearly two decades after he was locked up for ...
Sinhala (Siṁhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan word is Sīhala. The name is a derivative of , the Sanskrit word for 'lion' सिंहः(sinhah). [12] The name is sometimes glossed as 'abode of lions', and attributed to a supposed former abundance of lions on the island. [13]