Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elu

/ˈ(h)ɛluː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
elu
IPA
/ˈ(h)ɛluː/
3
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.

Etymology

Borrowed from Sinhalese එළු (eḷu), හෙළු (heḷu), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮 (sīhala) (compare Pali sīhala), from Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala, literally “lionlike”), from सिंह (siṃha, “lion”) + -ल (-la). Doublet of Ceylon and Sinhala.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: 𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮, सिंहल

Inflected Forms

Hela (alternative) Helu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Sinhala

Questions

How do you pronounce elu?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈ(h)ɛluː/.
What does elu mean?
the ancestral form of Sinhalese, the Sinhala language, a Middle Indo-Aryan Prakrit of the 3rd century BCE.
Where does elu come from?
It is traced to Sanskrit.

How to pronounce elu

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