Where does “斯里蘭卡” come from?
斯里蘭卡 (Chinese) comes from English Sri Lanka, from Sinhalese ශ්රී ලංකා, from Sanskrit श्री लङ्का.
Ancestry of “斯里蘭卡”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Sri Lanka | — |
| 2 | Sinhalese | ශ්රී ලංකා | — |
| 3 | Sanskrit | श्री लङ्का | — |