An Etymological Glossary of The Sinhalese Language

A large number of Sinhalese Lithic records and many important classical texts have been carefully examined and edited by competent scholars after the publishing of author?s book on Etymologie des Singhalesischen in 1897.With the new materials thus made available, and in the light of studies in IndoAryan linguistics carried on in the meantime by himself and other specialists scholars, the writer of this book revised the glossary and prepared the present enlarged edition. This, as well as his Sinhalese Grammar, he considered as a part of his work on the Sinhalese Dictionary and gifted it. The author did not send his Manuscript with an account of his sources and authorities. The list appended below was prepared by him, so far as he was able to ascertain them. Abbreviations used by the author were considered to be too well known to need a similar list. So, the value of this Etymological Glossary is inestimable, especially to those who are interested in IndoAryan linguistics.