/sin'heuh leez", -lees"/ , adj., n., pl. Sinhalese for 2.
adj.
1. of or pertaining to Sri Lanka, its native people, or their language.
n.
2. a member of the Sinhalese people.
3. an Indic language that is the language of the majority of the population of Sri Lanka, including Colombo. Also, Singhalese .