Sinhalese

(sĭn'hə-lēz', -lēs') also Sing·ha·lese (sĭng'gə-lēz', -lēs')
n., pl., Sinhalese, or Singhalese.

1. A member of a people constituting the majority of the population of Sri Lanka.
2. The Indic language of the Sinhalese that is the chief language of Sri Lanka.

adj.
Of or relating to Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese, or their language or culture.

[Sanskrit Si·halam, Sri Lanka + -ESE.]

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IN BRIEF: n. - The Indic language spoken by the people of Sri Lanka; A native or inhabitant of Sri Lanka adj. - Of or relating to the people of Sri Lanka; Of or relating to the languages of Sri Lanka.

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See words rhyming with "Sinhalese."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - singaleser
adj. - singalesisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
Singalees

Français (French)
n. - Sri-lankais
adj. - sri-lankais

Deutsch (German)
n. - Singhalese, Singhalesisch, Singhalesen
adj. - singhalesisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. pl. - (οι) Σιγγάλιοι
n. - Σιγγάλιος, σιγγαλική γλώσσα
adj. - σιγγαλικός

Italiano (Italian)
singalesi, singalese

Português (Portuguese)
n. pl. - cingaleses (m pl)
n. - cingalês (m)
adj. - cingalês

Русский (Russian)
сингалезец, сингалезский язык

Español (Spanish)
n. - cingaleses, cingalés
adj. - cingaleses, cingalés

Svenska (Swedish)
n. pl. - singaleser
n. - singales, singalesiska, singalesiska språket
adj. - singalesisk

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
锡兰人, 锡兰语, 锡兰的, 锡兰语的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 錫蘭人, 錫蘭語
adj. - 錫蘭的, 錫蘭語的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 신할리즈족 (스리랑카의 주요 민족), 신할리즈어
adj. - 신할리즈족의, 신할리즈어의

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スリランカ人
adj. - スリランカ語の, スリランカの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الجمع) أحد أبناء ألشعب ألاري ألمنحدر من شمال ألهند ويشكلون أليوم غالبيه ألسكان في (الاسم) لغه ألشعب ألمنحدر من شمال ألهند (صفه) سينغاليزي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תושב/ת סרי-לנקה דובר סינהאלית, סינהאלית (שפה)‬
adj. - ‮של תושבי סרי-לנקה ולשונם‬

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