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List of Sinhala words of English origin information


Note: For information on the transcription used, see National Library at Calcutta romanization. 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 interaction between the English and Sinhala languages.

These are examples of Sinhala words of English origin

Word Sinhala Meaning Original form
admiral අද්මිරාල් Admiral Admiral
akkaraya අක්කරය Acre Acre
ælbamaya ඇල්බමය Album Album
Ælbeniyava ඇල්බේනියාව Albania Albania
Æljiriyawa ඇල්ජීරියාව Algeria Algeria
Æmplifayar ඇම්ප්ලිෆයර් Amplifier Amplifier
Æntaktik ඇන්ටාක්ටික් Antarctica Antarctica
Armeniyawa ආර්මේනියාව Armenia Armenia
atōrni අතෝර්නි Attorney Attorney
administrāsi-kara අද්මිනිස්ත්‍රාසි කර Administrator Administrator
Ayarlantaya අයර්ලන්තය Ireland Ireland
ayis අයිස් Ice Ice
Ayislantaya අයිස්ලන්තය Iceland Iceland
ararup, ararut අරරුප් Arrowroot Arrowroot
avunsaya අවුන්සය Ounce Ounce
bæktiriya බැක්ටීරියා Bacteria Bacteria
bagaasi බගාසි Baggage Baggage
bas බස් Bus Bus
baṭar බටර් Butter Butter
bayibalaya බයිබලය Bible Bible
Belarus බෙලරුස් Belarus Belarus
Beljiyama බෙල්ජියම Belgium Belgium
bēsama බේසම Basin Basin
Bhutanaya භූතානය Bhutan Bhutan
bila බිල Bill Bill
bilantu බිලන්තු Brilliant Brilliant
birōva බිරෝව Bureau Bureau
blækmēl බ්ලැක්මේල් Blackmail Blackmail
bōlaya බෝලය Ball Ball
bōmbaya බෝම්බය Bomb Bomb
bōṭṭuva බෝට්ටුව Boat Boat
brigediyar බ්රිගේඩියර් Brigadier Brigadier
bukiya බුකිය Bookmaker Bookie
busala බුසල Bushel Bushel
chajar චාජර් Charger Charger
chäk චැක් Cheque Cheque
China චීන China China
chīs චීස් Cheese Cheese
dabal dekar bas ඩබල් ඩෙකර් බස් Double decker bus Double decker bus
Denmarkaya ඩෙන්මාර්කය Denmark Denmark
departamentuva දෙපාර්තමේන්තුව Department Department
detanetaraya ඩෙටනේටරය Detonator Detonator
distrikkaya දිස්ත්‍රික්කය District District
dīsiya දීසිය Dish Dish
ditarjant ඩිටර්ජන්ට් Detergent Detergent
dostara දොස්තර Doctor Doctor
dusima දුසිම Dozen Dozen
enjima ඇන්ජිම Engine Engine
Estoniya එස්තෝනියා Estonia Estonia
eyar chif marshal එයාර් චීෆ් මාර්ෂල් Air Chief Marshal Air Chief Marshal
eyar vayis marshal එයාර් වයිස් මාර්ෂල් Air Vice Marshal Air Vice Marshal
Fild Marshal ෆීල්ඩ් මාර්ෂල් Field Marshal Field Marshal
Finlantaya ෆින්ලන්තය Finland Finland
flotila ෆ්ලෝටිලා Flotilla Flotilla
foldara ෆෝල්ඩර Folder Folder
fonta ෆොන්ට Font Font
gavuma ගව්ම Gown, Dress Gown
gääs ගෑස් Gas Gas
garaj ගරාජ් Garage Garage
gēṭṭuva ගේට්ටුව Gate Gate
golōva ගොලෝව Globe Globe
govärnamentuva ගොවැර්නමෙන්තුව Government Government
gornamentuva ගොර්නමෙන්තුව Government Government
gramanfon ග්රමන්ෆෝන් Gramophone Gramophone
Grinlantaya ග්රීන්ලන්තය Greenland Greenland
Grisiya ග්රීසිය Greece Greece
hedfons හෙඩ්ෆෝන්ස් Headphones Headphones
helikoptar හෙලිකොප්ටර් Helicopter Helicopter
hotal හෝටල් Hotel Hotel
Ijiptuwa ඊජිප්තුව Egypt Egypt
ilektronika ඉලෙක්ට්රොනික Electronic Electronic
Indiyawa ඉන්දියාව India India
injinēru ඉන්ජිනේරු Engineer Engineer
ingrīsi ඉංග්‍රීසි English English
itāli ඉතාලි Italian Italian
itāliya ඉතාලිය Italy Italy
jändi ජැන්ඩි Dandy Dandy
Japan ජපන් Japan Japan
Jarmaniya ජර්මනිය Germany Germany
jenaral ජෙනරාල් General General
joli ජොලි Fun Jolly
Jorjiya ජෝර්ජියා Georgia Georgia
jubiliya ජුබිලිය Jubilee Jubilee
jūriya ජූරිය Jury Jury
kābanēṭ කාබනේට් Carbonate Carbonate
kæbinat කැබිනට් Cabinet (government) Cabinet (government)
kælsiyam කැල්සියම් Calcium Calcium
kæsat කැසට් Cassette Cassette
kæsok කැසොක් Cassock Cassock
kanival කානිවල් Carnival Carnival
kavicciya කවිච්චිය Couch Couch
karnal කර්නල් Colonel Colonel
kaskuruppuva කස්කුරුප්පුව Corkscrew Corkscrew
kētalaya කේතලය Kettle Kettle
kilomitarayak කිලෝමීටරයක් Kilometer Kilometer
komentuva කොමෙන්තුව Comment Comment
komisama කොමිසම Commission Commission
kompāsuva කොම්පිසුව Compass Compass
kompäniya කොම්පැනිය Company Company
kopiya කොපිය Copy Copy
kopral කෝප්රල් Corporal Corporal
kōcciya කෝච්චිය Train Coach
Koriyawa කොරියාව Korea Korea
Korona vayiras කොරෝනා වයිරස් Coronavirus Coronavirus
kostāpal කොස්තාපල් Constable Constable
Kroeshiyawa ක්‍රොඒශියාව Croatia Croatia
læptop ලැප්ටොප් Laptop Laptop
læṭarayiṭ ලැටරයිට් Laterite Laterite
lagaasi ලගාසි Luggage Luggage
lans kopral ලාන්ස් කෝප්රල් Lance Corporal Lance Corporal
lavuma ලවුම Loudness Loud
layisan ලයිසන් License License
läyistuva ලැයිස්තුව List List
Lebananayay ලෙබනනයේ Lebanon Lebanon
Lisban ලිස්බන් Lisbon Lisbon
listuva ලිස්තුව List List
Lithuweniyava ලිතුවේනියාව Lithuania Lithuania
loriya ලොරිය Lorry Lorry
lutinan ලුතිනන් Lieutenant Lieutenant
mäshima මැෂිම Machine Machine
mayikrafonaya මයික්රෆෝනය Microphone Microphone
misayila මිසයිල Missile Missile
Mongoliyawa මොන්ගෝලියාව Mongolia Mongolia
Montinigro මොන්ටිනිග්රෝ Montenegro Montenegro
Morokko මොරොක්කෝ Morocco Morocco
Moskau මොස්කව් Moscow Moscow
Nedarlantaya නෙදර්ලන්තය Netherlands Netherlands
Nepchun නෙප්චූන් Neptune Neptune
Norway නෝර්වේ Norway Norway
nōṭṭuva නෝට්ටුව Note Note
operā ඔපෙරා Opera Opera
Ostriyawa ඔස්ට්රියාව Austria Austria
pänsaya පැන්සය Penny Penny
parliamentuva පාර්ලිමේන්තුව Parliament Parliament
pavuma පව්ම Pound Pound
pänsala පැන්සල Pencil Pencil
pääna පෑන Pen Pen
pänal පැනල් Flannel Flannel
pærasiṭamōl පැරසිටමෝල් Paracetamol Paracetamol
penisilin පෙනිසිලින් Penicillin Penicillin
petsama පෙත්සම Petition Petition
plastik ප්ලාස්ටික් Plastic Plastic
Pluto ප්ලූටෝ Pluto Pluto
Polantaya පෝලන්තය Poland Poland
pōniyā පෝනියා Pony Pony
puḍima පුඩිම Pudding Pudding
rayifal රයිෆල් Rifle Rifle
ravuma රවුම Round Round
regulāsiya රෙගුලාසිය Regulation Regulation
rokat රොකට් Rocket Rocket
romæntik රොමැන්ටික් Romantic Romantic
sāspāna සාස්පාන Saucepan Saucepan
silima සිලිම Schilling Schilling
Siriyawa සිරියාව Syria Syria
sivil සිවිල් Civil Civil
sivilima සිවිලිම Ceiling Ceiling
Skotlantayay ස්කොට්ලන්තයේ Scotland Scotland
sopāwa සොපාව Sofa Sofa
soprānō සොප්රානෝ Soprano
supar nowawa සුපර් නෝවාව Supernova Supernova
Swasilantaya ස්වාසිලන්තය Swaziland Swaziland
Swidanaya ස්වීඩනය Sweden Sweden
Switsarlantaya ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය Switzerland Switzerland
tæblat ටැබ්ලට් Tablet Tablet
tæksi ටැක්සි Taxi Taxi
tænkiyak ටැංකියක් Tank Tank
Tayilantaya තායිලන්තය Thailand Thailand
talentaya තලෙන්තය Talent Talent
tambalēruva තම්බලේරුව Tumbler Tumbler
tiyushan ටියුෂන් Tuition Tuition
træm ට්රෑම් tram tram
trisuriya ත්‍රිසුරිය Treasury Treasury
tresuriya ත්‍රෙසුරිය ‍ Treasury Treasury
vairasa වෛරස Virus Virus
varentuva වරෙන්තුව Warrant Warrant
vidiyo වීඩියෝ Video Video
vikar විකාර් Vicar Vicar
Viyana වියානා Vienna Vienna
vokāsiya වොකාසිය Vocation Vocation
volt වෝල්ට් Volt Volt
web brawusaraya වෙබ් බ්රවුසරය Web browser Web browser
Wels වේල්ස් Wales Wales
yāraya යාරය Yard (measurement) Yard
Yukrenaya යුක්රේනය Ukraine Ukraine
Yurenas යුරේනස් Uranus Uranus
yurōpaya යුරෝපිය Europe Europe
yurōpi යුරෝපි European European

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Dutch Burghers

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Christian but belong to a variety of denominations. The Dutch Burghers of Sri Lanka speak English and the local languages Sinhala and Tamil. Some Dutch Burghers...

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List of diglossic regions

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nativized for centuries. These words are called tatsam words, and they even replaced many tadbhav words, i.e. words of Sanskrit origin but having undergone profound...

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Names of the days of the week

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day ☉8 Borrowed from English week ☉9 From an Old Burmese word, not of Indic origin. ☽1 After No Work ☽2 After Bazaar ☽3 Head of Week ☽4 Master (as in...

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