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අවුරුද්ද

Sinhalese

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Old Persian 𐎿𐎣 (s-k)
    Old Persian -𐎠 (-a)
    Old Persian 𐎿𐎣𐎠 (s-k-a)bor.
    Sanskrit शक (śaka)
    Sanskrit शाक (śāka)
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
    Proto-Indo-European *-s
    Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
    Sanskrit राजन् (rājan)
    Sinhalese අවුරුද්ද (awurudda)

    Inherited from Sanskrit शाकराज (śākarāja, “Śaka-era year”), from शाक (śāka, “of the Śaka”) +‎ राजन् (rājan, “king”).[1]

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    Noun

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    අවුරුද්ද • (awurudda) (plural අවුරුදු)[2]

    1. year

    References

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