Where does “ව්‍යාඝ්‍රයා” come from?

ව්‍යාඝ්‍රයා (Sinhalese) comes from Sanskrit व्याघ्र, from Proto-Indo-Aryan wyāgʰrás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyāgʰrás.

ව්‍යාඝ්‍රයා (Sinhalese): tiger

Definitions

  1. tiger

Ancestry of “ව්‍යාඝ්‍රයා”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritव्याघ्रa tiger; any pre-eminently strong or noble...
2Proto-Indo-Aryanwyāgʰrás—
3Proto-Indo-Iranianwyāgʰrás—
Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian wyāgʰrás →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan wyāgʰrás →Every word from Sanskrit व्याघ्र →