දවස
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Sinhalese
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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀤𑀺𑀯𑀲 (divasa), from Sanskrit दिवस (divasa).[1] Cognate with Dhivehi ދުވަސް (duvas)
Noun
[edit]දවස • (dawasa)
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 363
Further reading
[edit]- Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “දවස”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.
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- Sinhalese terms derived from the Sanskrit root दिव् (shine)
- Sinhalese terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dyew-
- Sinhalese terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Sinhalese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Sinhalese terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sinhalese terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Sinhalese terms derived from Sanskrit
- Sinhalese terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Sinhalese terms inherited from Prakrit
- Sinhalese terms derived from Prakrit
- Sinhalese lemmas
- Sinhalese nouns
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