Where does “මුරණ්ඩු” come from?

මුරණ්ඩු (Sinhalese) comes from Tamil முரண்டு, from Tamil முரண் — to be at variance, to be opposed.

මුරණ්ඩු (Sinhalese): obdurate, stubborn, hardened, obstinate, refractory

Definitions

  1. obdurate, stubborn, hardened, obstinate, refractory

Ancestry of “මුරණ්ඩු”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tamilமுரண்டுto be obstinate, persistant
2Tamilமுரண்to be at variance, to be opposed
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