सिंहल

See also: सिंहला, सिंहाली, and सहल

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• সিংহল (Assamese script)
• ᬲᬶᬂᬳᬮ (Balinese script)
• সিংহল (Bengali script)
• 𑰭𑰰𑰽𑰮𑰩 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• သိံဟလ (Burmese script)
• સિંહલ (Gujarati script)
• ਸਿਂਹਲ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌸𑌿𑌂𑌹𑌲 (Grantha script)
• ꦱꦶꦁꦲꦭ (Javanese script)
• 𑂮𑂱𑂁𑂯𑂪 (Kaithi script)
• ಸಿಂಹಲ (Kannada script)
• សិំហល (Khmer script)
• ສິໍຫລ (Lao script)
• സിംഹല (Malayalam script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰ᠌ᡳᡥᠠᠯᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘮𑘩 (Modi script)
• ᢀ᠋ᠰᠢᠾᠠᠯᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧍𑧒𑧞𑧎𑧉 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐳𑐶𑑄𑐴𑐮 (Newa script)
• ସିଂହଲ (Odia script)
• ꢱꢶꢀꢲꢭ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆱𑆴𑆁𑆲𑆬 (Sharada script)
• 𑖭𑖰𑖽𑖮𑖩 (Siddham script)
• සිංහල (Sinhalese script)
• 𑪁𑩑𑪖𑪂𑩽 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚨𑚮𑚫𑚩𑚥 (Takri script)
• ஸிஂஹல (Tamil script)
• సింహల (Telugu script)
• สิํหล (Thai script)
• སིཾ་ཧ་ལ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒮𑒱𑓀𑒯𑒪 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨰𑨁𑨸𑨱𑨬 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ -ल (-la), literally “lionlike”.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈs̪ĩ.ɦɐ.l̪ɐ/

Noun

सिंहल • (siṃhala) stem, m or n

1. Sri Lanka (an island in South Asia)
2. a male given name
3. (in the plural) Sri Lankans
4. tin
5. brass (more correctly सिंहलक (siṃhalaka))
6. bark, rind
7. Cassia bark (more correctly सैंहल (saiṃhala))

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of सिंहल
Nom. sg.	सिंहलः (siṃhalaḥ)
Gen. sg.	सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सिंहलः (siṃhalaḥ)	सिंहलौ (siṃhalau)	सिंहलाः (siṃhalāḥ)
Vocative	सिंहल (siṃhala)	सिंहलौ (siṃhalau)	सिंहलाः (siṃhalāḥ)
Accusative	सिंहलम् (siṃhalam)	सिंहलौ (siṃhalau)	सिंहलान् (siṃhalān)
Instrumental	सिंहलेन (siṃhalena)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलैः (siṃhalaiḥ)
Dative	सिंहलाय (siṃhalāya)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ)
Ablative	सिंहलात् (siṃhalāt)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ)
Genitive	सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya)	सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ)	सिंहलानाम् (siṃhalānām)
Locative	सिंहले (siṃhale)	सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ)	सिंहलेषु (siṃhaleṣu)

Neuter a-stem declension of सिंहल
Nom. sg.	सिंहलम् (siṃhalam)
Gen. sg.	सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	सिंहलम् (siṃhalam)	सिंहले (siṃhale)	सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni)
Vocative	सिंहल (siṃhala)	सिंहले (siṃhale)	सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni)
Accusative	सिंहलम् (siṃhalam)	सिंहले (siṃhale)	सिंहलानि (siṃhalāni)
Instrumental	सिंहलेन (siṃhalena)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलैः (siṃhalaiḥ)
Dative	सिंहलाय (siṃhalāya)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ)
Ablative	सिंहलात् (siṃhalāt)	सिंहलाभ्याम् (siṃhalābhyām)	सिंहलेभ्यः (siṃhalebhyaḥ)
Genitive	सिंहलस्य (siṃhalasya)	सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ)	सिंहलानाम् (siṃhalānām)
Locative	सिंहले (siṃhale)	सिंहलयोः (siṃhalayoḥ)	सिंहलेषु (siṃhaleṣu)

Derived terms

• सैंहल (saiṃhala)
• सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) (Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit)
• सिंहलक (siṃhalaka)

Descendants

• Ashokan Prakrit: *𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (*siṃhala)
  • Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀳𑀮 (siṃhala), 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala)
• Pali: sīhaḷa, sīhala
  • → Burmese: သီဟိုဠ် (sihuil)
• → Sinhalese: සිංහල (siṁhala)
  • → English: Sinhala

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “सिंहल”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1213.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “siṁhala”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 772