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serendib

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables
serendib
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-Iranian *sinȷ́ʰás Proto-Indo-Aryan *sinźʰás Sanskrit सिंह (siṃha) Proto-Indo-European *-lós Sanskrit -ल (-la) Sanskrit सिंहल (siṃhala) Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwiHpás Sanskrit द्वीप (dvīpa) Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa) Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva)bor. Persian سرندیپ (sarandip)bor. Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb)bor. English Serendib From Arabic سَرَنْدِيب (sarandīb), from Persian سرندیپ (sarandip), from Prakrit *𑀲𑀻𑀳𑀮𑀤𑀻𑀯 (*sīhaladīva) or Sanskrit सिंहलद्वीप (siṃhaladvīpa, “island of the Sinhala people”). See सिंहल (siṃhala, “Sri Lanka”), द्वीप (dvīpa, “island”). Related to Ceylon.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: سَرَنْدِيب, سرندیپ, सिंहलद्वीप

Inflected Forms

Serendip (alternative)

Derived Forms

serendibite

Phrases

Names of Sri Lanka

Frequently Paired Words

Names of Sri Lanka

Questions

What does serendib mean?
An ancient name of Ceylon or Sri Lanka.
Where does serendib come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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