Category: HealthPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

සෞඛ්‍යය

/saawkhyaya/Roman

English meaning: Health

Sinhala Definition

(සිංහල)

සෞඛ්‍යය යනු ශාරීරික හා මානසික යහපත් තත්ත්වයයි.

English Definition

The state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, not merely the absence of disease.

Example

හොඳ සෞඛ්‍යය ජීවිතයේ ශ්‍රේෂ්ඨ ධනයයි.

In English: Good health is life's greatest wealth.

Synonyms

  • ශරීරාරෝග්‍යය

Antonyms / Opposites

  • රෝගය

Literary Heritage

සෞඛ්‍යය ජීවිතයේ රත්නයයි, ඒ රකිනු කිසිවෙකු නොව ඔබ ම ය.

/saukhy​aya jīvitayē ratnayayī, ē rakinu kisiveku nova oba ma ya./

Health is life's gem; none can guard it but yourself.

W A Silva · Novelist · 1900–1957

Madol Doova

Madol Doova — on the island boy Upali's physical vigour and self-reliance in nature

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සිංහල
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Sinhala
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Indo-Aryan
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