Sinhalese hima (35)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word hima means “frost, cold, dew, snow, thicket, jungle, and snowy season.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root imai through the transformation of imai > cimai > himá > hima. The following words, related to Sinhalese hima, also originate from the Tamil root imai.
himakala, “snowy season.” hima-garbha, “a condensed cloud, highlighting the idea that clouds serve as receptacles or containers for condensed snow.” hima-gala, “Himalaya mountains.” himagira, “Himálaya rock.” himajá, “(Himálaya is personified; ja means born) refers to the name of Parvati.” hima-dvisha, “sun (the enemy of snow).” himapaw, “the Himalaya range.” himaya, see hima. hima-raṣmi, “the moon.” himaw, “the Himálaya rock.” himaw-kuḷu, “the Himálaya range of mountains.” himawat, himawanta, or himawán, “the Himálaya mountain.” hima-wáluká, “camphor.” hima-ṣaila, “the Himálaya mountains.” himasel, “the Elu form of himaṣaila.” himáṇṣu, “moon or camphor.” himágama, “cold season, winter.” himádri, see himálaya. himári, “fire or sun.” himála-parwata or himálaya, “the Himalaya range of mountains.” himálayá, “medicinal plant, (may be a plant found in the Himalaya).” himáwatί, “a plant, according to some, a sort of moon plant brought from the Himalaya.” himáhwa, “camphor.” himélu, “suffering from cold, chilly, frozen.” hem, “cold, snow, or frost.” hémanta, “the cold season or winter.” hémanta-ṛituwa or hémanta-kálaya, “snowy season, cold season.” haima, “hoar frost or cold, frigid, freezing.” haimanta, “winter season or wintry, cold, suitable to the winter.” haimawati, “(probably plants found in the Himalayas) chebulic or yellow myrobalan, Terminalia chebula; medicinal kind of moon-plant, perhaps variety of Ipomoea bona-nox; white kind of orris root, Acorus calamus; name of Párvati; the Ganges.”