Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

සංස්කෘතිය

/sangskruthiya/Roman

English meaning: Culture

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

සංස්කෘතිය යනු සමාජයක ගති සිරිත් සහ කලාවන්ය.

English Definition

The shared beliefs, customs, arts, and social behavior of a particular group or society.

Example

සිංහල සංස්කෘතිය ඉතා පොහොසත් ය.

In English: Sinhala culture is very rich.

Literary Heritage

සංස්කෘතිය ජනතාවගේ ආත්මයයි, එය නැතිවූ විට ජාතිය නැත.

/saṃskṛtiya janatāvagē ātmayayi, eya nætivū viṭa jātiya næta./

Culture is the soul of a people; when it is lost, the nation is lost.

Martin Wickramasinghe · Novelist · 1890–1976

Gamperaliya

Gamperaliya, Chapter 1 — Martin Wickramasinghe on the erosion of Sinhala village culture

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Language
සිංහල
Sinhala
Script
Sinhala
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
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