කුම්භකාරයා

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)

1. potter

References

• Carter, Charles Henry (1924), “කුම්භ කාරයා”, in A Sinhalese-English dictionary, Colombo: Ceylon Observer Printing Works, OCLC 699195102, page 177.