වතුර

Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विस्तर (vistara, “spreading, diffuseness”).

Noun

වතුර • (watura)

1. water

Synonyms

• ජලය (jalaya)

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “වතුර”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 560.
• Geiger, Wilhelm (1897) “vatura”, in Etymologie des Singhalesischen (in German), Munich: Academy Press, section 1275, page 78
• Geiger, Wilhelm (1938) A Grammar of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo: Ceylon Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, section 19.4, page 24
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “viṣṭara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 693