කිණු

Sinhalese

Etymology

Borrowed from Pali kiṇha. Doublet of කෘෂ්ණ (kr̥ṣṇa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kiɳu]

Adjective

කිණු • (kiṇu)

Noun

කිණු • (kiṇu)

pepper

Proper noun

කිණු • (kiṇu)

(Hinduism) Krishna, an avatar of Vishnu

References

Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “කිණු”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC.

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