තුවක්කුව
Sinhalese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian تُفَکْ (tufak), ultimately from Ottoman Turkish تفك (tüfek). Cognate with Tamil துப்பாக்கி (tuppākki), Malayalam തോക്ക് (tōkkŭ).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
තුවක්කුව • (tuwakkuwa)
References edit
- Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “තුවක්කුව”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.