A Sinhalese-English Dictionary [Hardcover]

About the Book:- The largest selling English-Sinhalese dictionary. This has been constantly revised by eminent scholars. The latest 5th edition was published in 2010 and over 20,000 new words have been added. Rev Charles Carter, compiler of this dictionary, arrived in Ceylon, as a Missionary of the Baptist Missionary Society, in 1853. He set himself at once to acquire a knowledge of the language, in which he made rapid progress, and was able to preach his first sermon in Sinhalese at Biyanwila four months after arrival. During his Missionary career he attained such a command of the language as has been rarely or ever equaled by Europeans. His English-Sinhalese Dictionary is the best of its kind and is in general use. He is the author of various works for the acquisition of the language; Sinhalese verbs reduced to conjugations; and a grammar book. His aim in all these labors has been service to Ceylon. The author, who commenced the work in 1892, has put into the compilation what would equal ten years' consecutive labour. The manuscript has been subjected to the scrutiny of competent Sinhalese scholars, who contributed valuable suggestions and corrected the work at the press, The omission of Romanised characters after the Sinhalese word will, we hope, be met to some extent by the alphabet at the beginning, for those who are unacquainted with the Sinhalese characters. To the definition in English of classical Sinhalese words not in ordinary use, there is added the ordinary Sinhalese word, making it useful to the Sinhalese reader, as well as supplying the English reader with the best word for ordinary use, at the same time showing that the word defined is not the ordinary word. “The work is much fuller and more valuable than any other Dictionary of the language yet published, and will supply to a great extent they want of a good Dictionary much felt at present.” About the Author:-Charles Henry Carter (1828 – 1914) was a Baptist missionary to Ceylon. Son of Thomas Carter, a stonemason, and his wife Anne (née Thomson), Charles Carter was raised near Leicester, UK. While working as a miller for an uncle, Carter was converted to Christianity. He was baptized at Arnesby by the Rev M. Davis. He began preaching and immediately gaining acceptance amongst the Baptists of Leicestershire. In 1855 Carter entered upon his work in Kandy acting as Pastor of the Kandy Church. He also took upon missioning to the surrounding villages and coffee estates. While in service there he began work on a Sinhalese New Testament. In 1862 he was forced to New Zealand to recuperate from a throat condition. By this time his New Testament had been completed and by 1869 he had returned to Ceylon and had turned his attention to the Old Testament. By 1881 his health deteriorated again and he was forced to return to New Zealand. Extraordinarily Carter translated from the Greek and Hebrew texts, not the English. The Sinhalese work was done in vernacular language, that it could embody the divine message in a dialect that was understood by the people everywhere (Lapham 1903). His works include: Sinhalese New Testament 1855; Sinhalese Book of Psalms 1863; Sinhalese Old Testament 1869; English – Sinhalese Dictionary 1881; and Sinhalese – English Dictionary 1889. The Title 'A Sinhalese-English Dictionary written/authored/edited by Charles Carter', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121230483 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 820 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English, SINHALESE. The subject of this book is . Size of the book is 22.59 x 28.94 cms Vol:-