Sri Lanka
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy Lanka”).
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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.
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Sri Lanka
- An island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India. Official name: Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Capital: Colombo.
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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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- Appendix:Countries and territories of the world
- (countries of Asia) country of Asia; Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Cyprus, East Timor, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen
- Names of Sri Lanka
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- ^ "Sri Lanka" in several reference works
- ^ (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 19 February 2010, archived from the original on 2013-11-01
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa), from Sanskrit श्री (śrī, “holy”) and लंका (laṃkā, “island”).
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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From Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකාව (śrī laṁkāwa).
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Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
- Sri Lankan demokraattinen sosialistinen tasavalta
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Inflection of Sri Lanka (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 | — | ||
abessive | Sri Lankatta | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Sri Lanka m
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- (countries of Asia) pays d’Asie; Afghanistan, Arabie saoudite, Arménie, Azerbaïdjan, Bahreïn, Bangladesh, Bhoutan, Birmanie, Brunei, Cambodge, Chine, Chypre, Corée du Nord, Corée du Sud, Émirats arabes unis, Géorgie, Inde, Indonésie, Iran, Irak, Israël, Japon, Jordanie, Kazakhstan, Kirghizistan, Koweït, Laos, Liban, Malaisie, Maldives, Mongolie, Népal, Oman, Ouzbékistan, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russie, Singapour, Sri Lanka, Syrie, Tadjikistan, Thaïlande, Timor oriental, Turquie, Turkménistan, Vietnam, Yémen (Category: fr:Countries in Asia)
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Sri Lanka n (proper noun, genitive Sri Lankas or (optionally with an article) Sri Lanka)
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).
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Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- (countries of Asia) negara-negara di Asia; Afganistan, Arab Saudi, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Filipina, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Irak, Iran, Israel, Jepang, Kamboja, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea Selatan, Korea Utara, Kuwait, Laos, Libanon, Maladewa, Malaysia, Mesir, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestina, Qatar, Rusia, Singapura, Siprus, Sri Lanka, Suriah, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor Leste, Tiongkok, Turki, Turkmenistan, Uni Emirat Arab, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yaman, Yordania
Further reading edit
- “Sri Lanka” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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From Sanskrit श्री लङ्का (śrī laṅkā, literally “holy island”).
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Sri Lanka
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
- Synonym: Seri Langka
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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Sri Lanka f
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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Sri Lanka m
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
- Synonym: Sirilanka
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Sri Lanka n (genitive Sri Lankas)
- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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- Sri Lanka (an island and country in South Asia, off the coast of India)
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benim (my) | Sri Lanka'm | Sri Lankalarım / Sri Lanka'larım |
senin (your) | Sri Lanka'n | Sri Lankaların / Sri Lanka'ların |
onun (his/her/its) | Sri Lanka'sı | Sri Lankaları / Sri Lanka'ları |
bizim (our) | Sri Lanka'mız | Sri Lankalarımız / Sri Lanka'larımız |
sizin (your) | Sri Lanka'nız | Sri Lankalarınız / Sri Lanka'larınız |
onların (their) | Sri Lanka'sı / Sri Lankaları / Sri Lanka'ları | Sri Lankaları / Sri Lanka'ları |
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- (countries of Asia) Asya ülkesi; Afganistan, Azerbaycan, Bahreyn, Bangladeş, Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri, Bruney, Butan, Çin, Doğu Timor, Endonezya, Ermenistan, Filistin, Filipinler, Güney Kore, Gürcistan, Hindistan, Irak, İran, İsrail, Japonya, Kamboçya, Katar, Kazakistan, Kıbrıs, Kuveyt, Kuzey Kore, Kırgızistan, Laos, Lübnan, Maldivler, Malezya, Mısır, Moğolistan, Myanmar, Nepal, Özbekistan, Pakistan, Rusya, Singapur, Sri Lanka, Suriye, Suudi Arabistan, Tacikistan, Tayland, Tayvan, Türkiye, Türkmenistan, Umman, Ürdün, Vietnam, Yemen