English
ayubowan
Ayubowan comes from Sinhalese ආයුබෝවන් ‘may you live long and be healthy’.
- Sinhalesemodernආයුබෝවන්āyubōwan‘may you live long and be healthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1963ayubowan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Sinhalesemodernආයුබෝවන්āyubōwan‘may you live long and be healthy’
- Englishearliest quotation 1963ayubowan
Earliest quotation: 1963, Punyakante Wijenaike, The third woman and other stories - Part 1963: “Ayubowan, I am looking for a yam for my…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, life, age, eternity’
early, young, era, diet, enigma, ere, 23 more
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu ‘long time, lifetime’
Today it means
intj Salutation wishing the recipient a long life, typically as a greeting or a goodbye.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Sinhalese ආයුබෝවන් / ayubowan