Etymology

Matale

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Tamil மாத்தளை ← Sinhalese මාතලේ
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  1. Sinhalese · borrowed fromමාතලේ
  2. Tamil · borrowed fromமாத்தளை
  3. English todayMatale

Borrowed from Tamil மாத்தளை (māttaḷai) or Sinhalese මාතලේ (mātalē).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.