නිසා
Sinhalese
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit निश्रयति (niśrayati, “to lean on”), from श्रि (śri).[1] Compare Pali nissāya (“near”).
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editනිසා • (nisā)
Postposition
editනිසා • (nisā)
References
edit- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “níśrayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 421: “Si. nisā 'near', postp. 'because of'”
Further reading
edit- Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “නිසා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.