අක්මාව
Sinhalese
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit අග්රමාංස (agramāṃsa, “heart”) (only attested lexicographically), from අග්ර (agra, “front, before”) + මාංස (māṃsa, “meat”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Wilhelm Geiger (1941) “අක්මාව”, in Etymological Glossary of the Sinhalese Language, Colombo: Royal Asiatic Society, Ceylon Branch, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 2; republished New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1997
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agramāṁsa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press: “Si. agamas 'heart', akmāva 'liver'”
- ^ Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “අක්මාව”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 4.