Sinhalese (noun)

1. A member of an ethnic group native to Sri Lanka.
2. The Indic language of the Sinhalese people.

Origin:

From sanskrit sīhala, the name of an ancient kingdom in sri lanka.

Examples:

1. The Sinhalese are the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka.
2. He is learning to speak Sinhalese.
3. The Sinhalese alphabet has 58 letters.
4. She was born to a Sinhalese family in Colombo.
5. The novel was originally written in Sinhalese and later translated into English.