Simple, pleasant, and meaningful names coined by Kasaluri Ariesen Ahubudu shed more light on such names. They showed the identity of the Hela (Sinhala) language and the Hela race. Thereafter, due to the influence of such movements as the Hela Havula, people got used to adopting shorter names.
Towards the latter part of the nineteenth century with the national movement of Anagarika Dharmapala a tendency developed to use Pali and Sanskrit names with a Buddhist orientation. With the arrival of the Portuguese, British and Dutch we could notice a tendency to use their names, particularly Portuguese and English names. They were given to denote persons to give various meanings showing their identity. Learn more about language support Learn more about OpenType features. Fonts in the Adobe Fonts library include support for many different languages, OpenType features, and typographic styles. A typeface with 1 style, available from Adobe Fonts for sync and web use. The native name of the language is (Sihla), which comes from Sanskrit and could be translated as 'lion-seizer', 'lion-killer' or 'lion blood', which refer to the legendary founder of the Sinhala people, Prince Vijaya, a descendant of Sinhabahu/Shabhu ('Lion. Gradually people became accustomed to longer names (mostly Pali and Sanskrit names). Explore Noto Sans Sinhala available at Adobe Fonts. Sinhala is also known as Sinhalese or Singhala - the latter version is closer to the pronunciation native name. Often prefixes were used to specify certain persons. Very Often names of females were formed by the addition of syllables such as “ආ”, “ඉ”, and “ඊ” to male names. Aba, Siva, Gemunu, and Thissa are such names.
Very often these names were confined to two or three letters. In ancient times people in Sri Lanka used very short names.
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