Sinhalese sira (34)
Clough’s Sinhala English Dictionary says Sinhalese word sira means “head.” It traces its origin to the Tamil root kaṭu (sharpness) through the transformation of kaṭu (sharpness) > kar > ṡíras > sira. The following words, related to Sinhalese sira, also originate from the Tamil root kaṭu (sharpness).
sira, “confinement, imprisonment, incarceration; also, the head.” sirasa, “head.” ṣira, “head; root of the pepper plant.” sirachchheda, “(head, cutting) beheading, decapitation.” siraja, “(head, born) hair of the head; cutaneous eruption or scab on the head.” siras, “head, top; principal.” siraska, “helmet; turban; hat or cap.” sirastra and sirastráṇa, “(trai to protect) helmet; cap, turban.” sirasstha, “chief, leader; a standing at the head.” siródhara, “neck.” siró-dhátuwa, “head-relic of Buddha.” siromaṇi and siromáṇikya, “gem worn in crest, or on the top of the head.” sirórtti, see ṣirórógaya. siróruha, “hair of the head.” sirórógaya, “pain of the head headache.” sirówéshṭa, “turban.” ṣírsha, “head: see ṣirasa.” ṣírshaka, “helmet; skull.” ṣírshaṇya, “helmet; clean and unentangled hair.” ṣírshaya, see sírsha. ṣírsha-raksha, “helmet.” sis, “head from ṣirsha: empty, void, vain, unimportant.” isa, “head; bear.” isakaḍa, “turban.” isakeyiyá and isakes, “hair on the head.” isé-radaya, “head-ache.” iha, “head.” iswėṭiya, “turban.” riya-isa, “head covering or hood of a car.” kapiṣírsha, “upper part or coping of a wall.”