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√SYL
1 Ceylon; 2 (tript.) garnet (precious stone) – WehrCowan1976.
▪ Accord. to Rolland2014 from Fr Ceylan < Port Ceilão, alteration of (Sinhala) Śrī Laṅkā [ʃriː laŋkaː].
▪ From ‘Ceylon’ is also the ḥaǧar Sīlān *‘stone from Ceylon’, i.e., the ‘garnet’, see ↗sīlān.
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▪ Akin to Engl Ceylon.
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– . For other meanings attached to the root, cf. ↗sāla and ↗sayyālaẗ (EgAr), as well as, for the overall picture, root entry ↗√SYL.
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