foreword

ඉංග්‍රීසි

නිරුක්තිය

Morphologically fore- +‎ word. of Calque, ජර්මානු Vorwort, itself a calque of ලතින් praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), ඕලන්ද voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), ඩෙන්මාර්ක forord (“preface; proviso”), ස්වීඩන් förord (“foreword”). Compare also පුරාතන ඉංග්‍රීසි forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).

උච්චාරණය

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔːwɜːd/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɹwɝd/, /ˈfɔɹwɚd/

  • ඕඩියෝ (US):

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• Homophones: forward (US, Canada)
• Hyphenation: fore‧word

නාම පදය

foreword (බහුවචන forewords)

1. පෙරවදන

   Antonyms: afterword, epilogue, endsay, conclusion, last word, postamble; see also Thesaurus:afterword

   Coordinate terms: (broadly synonymous) foretalk, foretale, preface, introduction, prologue, preamble; see also Thesaurus:foreword

   • 2023 මාර්තු 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 44:

     He closes the foreword by acknowledging that his proposals would have far-reaching impacts on railway staff, communities and industry - and passes the buck onto government to ensure that these consequences are managed appropriately.

     (මෙම quotation සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)