Elu

See also: Appendix:Variations of "elu"

English

Alternative forms

• Hela, Helu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese එළු (eḷu), හෙළු (heḷu), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala) (compare Pali sīhala), from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) +‎ -ल (-la). Doublet of Ceylon and Sinhala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)ɛluː/

Proper noun

Elu

1. the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

See also

• Sinhala

Anagrams

• -ule, LEU, Lue, leu, lue, ule