කුම්භකාරයා

Sinhalese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कुम्भकार (kumbhakāra) +‎ -යා (-yā), from कुम्भ (kumbha, “jar; water-pot; pot”) +‎ कार (kāra, “-er; maker, doer”). Doublet of කුඹලා (kuᵐbalā).

Noun

කුම්භකාරයා • (kumbhakārayā)

potter

References

Carter, Charles Henry (1924) “කුම්භ කාරයා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, →OCLC, page 177.

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