(亦作Singhalese, Sinhala /ˈsɪnhələ/)
(复同单)
1
- a member of a people originally from northern India, now forming the majority of the population of Sri Lanka僧伽罗人（原先来自印度北部, 现构成斯里兰卡人口的大多数）。
2
- mass noun an Indic language spoken by this people, descended from Sanskrit. It has about 13 million speakers.僧伽罗语（僧伽罗人所使用的一种印度语支语言, 起源于梵语, 约有1,300万人使用）。
- of or relating to this people or language（与）僧伽罗人（有关）的; （与）僧伽罗语（有关）的。
词源
from Sanskrit Siṇhala 'Sri Lanka' + -ESE.