Etymograph

English

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte comes from Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ.

  1. Sinhalesemodernශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේśrī jayawardhanapura kōṭṭē
  2. EnglishtodaySri Jayawardenepura Kotte

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Sinhalesemodernශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේśrī jayawardhanapura kōṭṭē
  2. EnglishtodaySri Jayawardenepura Kotte

The story

"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”).

Every English word from Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ

Today it means

name The administrative capital of Sri Lanka, located next to the executive and judicial capital of Colombo.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Sinhalese ශ්රී ජයවර්ධනපුර කෝට්ටේ / Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

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