කරනවා

Sinhalese

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit करोति (karóti), altered from Vedic Sanskrit कृणोति (kṛṇóti). Cognate with Konkani कर्चे (karce), Marathi करणे (karṇe), Hindi करना (karnā), Gujarati કરવું (karvũ), Bengali করা (kora), Punjabi ਕਰਨਾ (karnā) / کرنا (krnā).

Verb

කරනවා • (karanawā)

1. to do

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press