Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

උත්සවය

/uthsawaya/Roman

English meaning: Festival

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

උත්සවය යනු ආගමික හෝ සංස්කෘතික සැමරීමකි.

English Definition

A special celebration or public event marking cultural, religious, or seasonal significance.

Example

වෙසක් උත්සවය ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ජනප්‍රිය ය.

In English: The Vesak festival is popular in Sri Lanka.

Synonyms

  • සැමරුම

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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සිංහල
Sinhala
Script
Sinhala
Family
Indo-Aryan
Speakers
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