Sri Lanka

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally holy Lanka).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ʃɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlɑːŋkə/, /sɹiˈlæŋkə/[1][2]
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It should be noted that the Sanskrit honorific that the "Sri" comes from (श्री, ISO: Śrī) is pronounced [ɕriː], and while this pronunciation is preserved in Sinhalese, the closest English phoneme that best fits [ɕ] is /ʃ/, resulting in the approximation /ʃɹ/. /sɹ/ in English results from ignoring or dropping the diacritic on ⟨s⟩ in the romanization ⟨śrī⟩. In Sinhalese, [sriː] may occur as an acceptable variant pronunciation only in quick, uneducated speech, because [ɕ] is an uncommon phoneme in Sinhalese and is replaced with [s] in certain dialects.

Both stresses on the first and second syllables of "Lanka" are accepted, but the latter is closer to its native pronunciation.

Proper nounEdit

Sri Lanka

  1. Country in South Asia. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.
  2. The island comprising most of this country.

Usage notesEdit

 
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“Sri Lanka” has been the official name since 1972; prior to that it was Ceylon.

Place names are a source of controversy in Sri Lankan politics, in connection with the Sri Lankan Civil War, and some find “Sri Lanka” to be too Sinhalese. A Tamil name is Eelam, and some Tamil political parties retain “Ceylon” in their name, such as the All Ceylon Tamil Congress and the Ceylon Workers' Congress.

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ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ "Sri Lanka" in several reference works
  2. ^ (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 19 February 2010, archived from the original on 2013-11-01

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AsturianEdit

 
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Sri Lanka f

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in South Asia)

CatalanEdit

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Sri Lanka f

  1. Sri Lanka (An island and country in South Asia; capital: Colombo)

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Central Huasteca NahuatlEdit

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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in Asia)

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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in Asia)

DutchEdit

 
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Sri Lanka n

  1. Sri Lanka (an island and a country)

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Sinhalese ශ්‍රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, holy) and लंका (laṃkā, island).

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Sri Lanka n

  1. Sri Lanka

FinnishEdit

 
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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka
    Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavalta
    Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Sri Lanka
genitive Sri Lankan
partitive Sri Lankaa
illative Sri Lankaan
singular plural
nominative Sri Lanka
accusative nom. Sri Lanka
gen. Sri Lankan
genitive Sri Lankan
partitive Sri Lankaa
inessive Sri Lankassa
elative Sri Lankasta
illative Sri Lankaan
adessive Sri Lankalla
ablative Sri Lankalta
allative Sri Lankalle
essive Sri Lankana
translative Sri Lankaksi
instructive
abessive Sri Lankatta
comitative
Possessive forms of Sri Lanka (type kala)
possessor singular plural
1st person Sri Lankani Sri Lankamme
2nd person Sri Lankasi Sri Lankanne
3rd person Sri Lankansa

FrenchEdit

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Sri Lanka m

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in Asia)

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GermanEdit

 
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Sri Lanka n (proper noun, genitive Sri Lankas or (optionally with an article) Sri Lanka)

  1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia)

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IndonesianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally holy island).

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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka

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ItalianEdit

 
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Sri Lanka m

  1. Sri Lanka

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

 
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Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka

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PolishEdit

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Sri Lanka f

  1. Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia)

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adjective
nouns

Further readingEdit

  • Sri Lanka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Sri Lanka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

PortugueseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

PronunciationEdit

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsʁi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/ [ˈshi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ], /siˈɾi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈsʁi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/ [ˈsχi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ], /siˈɾi ˈlɐ̃.kɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsʁi ˈlɐ̃.ka/ [ˈshi ˈlɐ̃.ka]

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Sri Lanka m

  1. Sri Lanka (a country and island in South Asia)
    Synonym: (former name) Ceilão

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RomanianEdit

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Sri Lanka n

  1. Sri Lanka

SpanishEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /esˌri ˈlanka/ [ezˌri ˈlãŋ.ka]
  • (file)

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Sri Lanka f

  1. Sri Lanka

SwahiliEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in South Asia)
    Synonym: Sirilanka

SwedishEdit

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Sri Lanka n (genitive Sri Lankas)

  1. Sri Lanka

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TurkishEdit

 
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Proper nounEdit

Sri Lanka

  1. Sri Lanka (a country in Asia)

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