Sinhalese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit आर (ārá, from a distance; near; immediately; at a distance).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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අර (ara)[2]

  1. that (distal)

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ārá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “අර”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.