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English-Sinhala Dictionary

Browse common English words and their Sinhala translations, with parts of speech and example sentences. Use this dictionary to look up everyday vocabulary or as a starting point for learning Sinhala.

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About Sinhala

Sinhala is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Sinhalese people of Sri Lanka. It has its own unique script derived from Brahmi. Sinhala has a vocabulary with many loanwords from Pali, Sanskrit, Tamil, Portuguese, Dutch, and English. The language has a distinction between formal and informal speech levels.

Cultural Note

Sinhala has its own unique script. The language has formal/informal registers and many loanwords from various colonial languages.

Browse common Sinhala vocabulary

WordPart of speechTranslationExample
Pronouns
Ipron.මම

I am ready now.

මම දැන් සූදානම්.

youpron.ඔබ

You are very kind.

ඔබ ඉතා කරුණාවන්තයි.

hepron.ඔහු

He is my friend.

ඔහු මගේ මිතුරා.

shepron.ඇය

She is at home.

ඇය ගෙදර ඉන්නවා.

wepron.අපි

We work every day.

අපි හැමදාම වැඩ කරනවා.

theypron.ඔවුන්

They live in the city.

ඔවුන් නගරයේ ජීවත් වෙනවා.

Question Words
whatint.මොකක්ද

What is your name?

ඔබේ නම මොකක්ද?

whereint.කොහෙද

Where do you live?

ඔබ කොහෙද ජීවත් වෙන්නේ?

whenint.කවදාද

When will you come?

ඔබ කවදාද එන්නේ?

whoint.කවුද

Who is that man?

ඒ මිනිහා කවුද?

Verbs
to gov.යන්න

They go to school daily.

ඔවුන් දිනපතා පාසලට යනවා.

to comev.එන්න

Please come to my house.

කරුණාකර මගේ ගෙදර එන්න.

to eatv.කන්න

We eat rice together.

අපි එකට බත් කනවා.

to lovev.ආදරය කරන්න

I love my family.

මම මගේ පවුලට ආදරය කරනවා.

Nouns
mann.පිරිමියා

That man is my teacher.

ඒ පිරිමියා මගේ ගුරුවරයා.

womann.කාන්තාව

The woman is very kind.

ඒ කාන්තාව ඉතා කරුණාවන්තයි.

childn.ළමයා

The child is sleeping.

ළමයා නිදාගෙන ඉන්නවා.

familyn.පවුල

My family lives here.

මගේ පවුල මෙහි ජීවත් වෙනවා.

housen.ගෙය

Their house is big.

ඔවුන්ගේ ගෙය ලොකුයි.

watern.වතුර

Water is important for life.

වතුර ජීවිතයට වැදගත්.

ricen.බත්

We eat rice every day.

අපි හැමදාම බත් කනවා.

Adjectives
goodadj.හොඳ

This is a good book.

මේ හොඳ පොතක්.

bigadj.ලොකු

They have a big house.

ඔවුන්ට ලොකු ගෙයක් තියෙනවා.

smalladj.පොඩි

This room is small.

මේ කාමරය පොඩියි.

beautifuladj.ලස්සන

The flower is beautiful.

මල ලස්සනයි.

Conjunctions
andconj.සහ

Tea and bread are ready.

තේ සහ පාන් සූදානම්.

orconj.හෝ

Tea or coffee is fine.

තේ හෝ කෝපි හොඳයි.

butconj.නමුත්

Tired but happy.

මහන්සියි නමුත් සතුටුයි.

Interjections
yesinterj.ඔව්

Yes, I understand now.

ඔව්, මට දැන් තේරෙනවා.

nointerj.නැහැ

No, I cannot come.

නැහැ, මට එන්න බැහැ.

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