Sri Lanka的词源
英文词源
- Sri Lanka
- large island southeast of India (known in English until 1972 as Ceylon), from Lanka, older name for the island and its chief city, + Sanskrit sri "beauty" (especially of pinities, kings, heroes, etc.), also an honorific prefix to proper names, from PIE root *kreie- "to be outstanding, brilliant, masterly, beautiful," found in Greek (kreon "lord, master") and Indo-Iranian.
中文词源
斯里兰卡旧称锡兰,是个热带岛国,位于印度洋海上,英联邦成员国之一。有“宝石王 国”、“印度洋上的明珠”的美称,被马可•波罗认为是最美丽的岛屿。中国古代曾经称其为 狮子国、师子国、僧伽罗。
斯里兰卡的英文名Sri Lanka来自梵语,其中Sri是个敬词,意思是“美丽的” Lanka 是该岛屿的称呼,意思是“光辉灿烂的”。
该词的英语词源请访问找单词词源英文版:Sri Lanka 词源,Sri Lanka 含义。