දකිනවා

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Sinhalese

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit *देक्षति (dekṣati), *दृक्षति (dṛkṣati), somehow related to the root दृश् (dṛś).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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දකිනවා (dakinawā)[2]

  1. to see

References

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  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dr̥kṣati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 371:Si. dakinavā
  2. ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “දකිනවා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.