"සුද්දා" meaning in Sinhalese

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Noun

IPA: [sud̪d̪aː] Forms: suddā [romanization], සුද්දෝ [plural], සුද්දි [feminine]
Etymology: From සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā) Etymology templates: {{suffix|si|සුදු|ආ}} සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā) Head templates: {{head|si|noun|plural|සුද්දෝ|feminine|සුද්දි}} සුද්දා • (suddā) (plural සුද්දෝ, feminine සුද්දි)
  1. (informal, potentially derogatory) A white person. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-සුද්දා-si-noun-qcoW7nC2 Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Sinhalese terms suffixed with -ආ Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Sinhalese terms suffixed with -ආ: 50 15 35
  2. (informal) White people collectively. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-සුද්දා-si-noun-YaqpU1PR Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 35
  3. (informal) A light-skinned person of any ethnicity. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-සුද්දා-si-noun-QvlrD33r Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 30 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 19 46 Disambiguation of Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header: 34 13 53
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "si",
        "2": "සුදු",
        "3": "ආ"
      },
      "expansion": "සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suddā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "සුද්දෝ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "සුද්දි",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "si",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "සුද්දෝ",
        "5": "feminine",
        "6": "සුද්දි"
      },
      "expansion": "සුද්දා • (suddā) (plural සුද්දෝ, feminine සුද්දි)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sinhalese",
  "lang_code": "si",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 15 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sinhalese terms suffixed with -ආ",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white person."
      ],
      "id": "en-සුද්දා-si-noun-qcoW7nC2",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "potentially derogatory",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, potentially derogatory) A white person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "White people collectively."
      ],
      "id": "en-සුද්දා-si-noun-YaqpU1PR",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) White people collectively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "35 30 35",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 19 46",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 13 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light-skinned person of any ethnicity."
      ],
      "id": "en-සුද්දා-si-noun-QvlrD33r",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A light-skinned person of any ethnicity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sud̪d̪aː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "සුද්දා"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Sinhalese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Sinhalese lemmas",
    "Sinhalese nouns",
    "Sinhalese terms suffixed with -ආ"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "si",
        "2": "සුදු",
        "3": "ආ"
      },
      "expansion": "සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā)",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From සුදු (sudu) + -ආ (-ā)",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "suddā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "සුද්දෝ",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "සුද්දි",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "si",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "plural",
        "4": "සුද්දෝ",
        "5": "feminine",
        "6": "සුද්දි"
      },
      "expansion": "සුද්දා • (suddā) (plural සුද්දෝ, feminine සුද්දි)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Sinhalese",
  "lang_code": "si",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sinhalese derogatory terms",
        "Sinhalese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A white person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "potentially derogatory",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, potentially derogatory) A white person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sinhalese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "White people collectively."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) White people collectively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Sinhalese informal terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A light-skinned person of any ethnicity."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal) A light-skinned person of any ethnicity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[sud̪d̪aː]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "සුද්දා"
}

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