Category: CulturePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

ආහාර

/aahara/Roman

English meaning: Food / Diet

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

ආහාර යනු ශරීරයට ශක්තිය ලබා දෙන ද්‍රව්‍යයි.

English Definition

Nutritious substances eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.

Example

සෞඛ්‍යමත් ආහාර ශරීරයට හොඳ ය.

In English: Healthy food is good for the body.

Synonyms

  • ආහාරය

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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