Elu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "elu"

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese එළු (eḷu), හෙළු (heḷu), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala) (compare Pali sīhala), from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ -ल (-la). Doublet of Ceylon and Sinhala.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈ(h)ɛluː/

Proper noun

Elu

  1. the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

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