රුවල්

Sinhalese

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *लयर (layara), from Proto-Malayic *layar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *layaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *layaʀ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ruwələ/

Noun

රුවල් • (ruwal)

1. sail

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “layara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 636