Jaffna

English

Etymology

From Tamil யாழ்ப்பாணம் (yāḻppāṇam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæfnə/, /ˈdʒafnə/

Proper noun

Jaffna

1. A city in northern Sri Lanka

Translations

city

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 賈夫納／贾夫纳 (zh) (Jiǎfūnà)

• Hindi: जाफना (jāphnā)
• Japanese: ジャフナ
• Korean: 자프나 (japeuna)
• Lithuanian: Džafna, Japanaja
• Malayalam: ജാഫ്ന (jāphna)
• Polish: Dżafna
• Portuguese: Jaffna f
• Russian: Джа́фна (Džáfna)
• Sinhalese: යාපනය (yāpanaya)
• Tamil: யாழ்ப்பாணம் (ta) (yāḻppāṇam)
• Telugu: యజ్‌పణం (yaj‌paṇaṁ), జాఫ్నా (jāphnā)
• Ukrainian: Джафна (Džafna)
• Veps: Džafn

Portuguese

Proper noun

Jaffna f

1. Jaffna (a city in Sri Lanka)