The story
- Proto-Indo-Iranian*sinȷ́ʰás
- Proto-Indo-Aryan*sinźʰás
- Sanskritसिंह (siṃha)
- Sanskritसिंहल (siṃhala)
- Palisīhaḷa
- Persianسیلان (saylân)
- Old FrenchSeilan
- PortugueseCeilão
- English todayCeylon
Borrowed from Portuguese Ceilão, from Old French Seilan (Marco Polo), from Persian سیلان (saylān), ultimately from Pali sīhaḷa, from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala). Doublet of Sinhala.
Words from the same roots
Sanskritसिंहल all →
SinhalaElusinhalite
First known use, by meaning
- prior to 1972 Former name of Sri Lanka: an island country in South Asia .
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.