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නම

Sinhalese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀡𑀸𑀫 (ṇāma), from Sanskrit නාමන් (nā́man).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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නම • (nama) (plural නම්)[2]

  1. name, appellation

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nā́man”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 406: “Si. nama”
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “නම”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 315.
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