Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

The story

1. Sanskrit · derived fromपुर“city”
2. Sanskrit · derived fromवर्धन“growth”
3. Sanskrit · derived fromजय“victory”
4. Sinhalese · borrowed fromශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ
5. English todaySri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Borrowed from Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ (śrī jayawardhanapura kōṭṭē). "Jayawardenepura" (ජයවර්ධනපුර (jayawardhanapura)) was the name of Kotte when it was conquered by Prince Sapumal in the 13th century, meaning "the resplendent city of growing victory", from Sanskrit जय (jaya, “victory”) + Sanskrit वर्धन (vardhana, “growth”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”).

Words from the same roots