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Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary
Developer(s)
Initial release23 November 2002; 16 years ago
LicenseFreeware
Websitemaduraonline.com

Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්‍රීසි–සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga.[1][2] It is available as computer software, an online website and an android app.[3][4] The dictionary contains over 230,000 definitions including various technical terms.[5][6] As of 2016, the dictionary has been downloaded approximately 1,000,000[7][8][9] and ranks 100th most visited sites in Sri Lanka.[10][11] The dictionary is distributed as freeware.[12][13] It was initially released on November 23, 2002.[14][15]

Development[edit]

Kulatunga, a Sri Lankancomputer engineer,[16][17] wrote a program in Visual Basic for an English–Sinhala dictionary, using the dictionary entries from the English–Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera.[18][19] The program was marketed from 23 November 2002.[20][21] In 2008 he started a free internet version of it, the first online English–Sinhala dictionary.[22][23] Kulatunga later admitted that he had infringed the copyright of the Malalasekera English–Sinhala dictionary in creating his software, but he said in 2015 that he no longer infringed on copyrights.[24][25]

References[edit]

  1. ^Kodagoda, Anuradha (17 May 2015). 'Madura's moxie'. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) – Youth Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  2. ^'Madura Kulatunga, a commendable contribution'. The Island (Sri Lanka) – Watchout. Upali Newspapers. 24 May 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  3. ^Devapriya, Uditha (21 June 2015). 'Madura's story'. The Nation (Sri Lanka) – insight. Rivira Media Corporation. p. i10. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  4. ^Wickramasinghe, Kamanthi (15 July 2015). 'A humble success story Madura Kulatunga'. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A12–A13.
  5. ^'Effectively bridging the language gap'. Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  6. ^Karunamuni, Kanchana (8 August 2015). ''මේ වෙනකොට ලක්ෂ නවයක් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය බාගත කරගෙන' මධුර කුලතුංග' ['Up to date nine lakhs have downloaded Madura Dictionary' Madura Kulatunga]. Dinamina – Features (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 20. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  7. ^'Madura Kulatunga's Notable Achievements'. The Sunday Leader – Weekend Leader. Leader Publications. 30 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  8. ^'Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com'. download.cnet.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  9. ^'Madura Online – Android Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ^'මධුර ඉංගීසි – සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Guru Gedara (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 27 September 2015. p. 39. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  11. ^'maduraonline.com Site Overview'. alexa.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  12. ^'The generosity of Madura Kulatunga'. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) – Education Times 2. Wijeya Newspapers. 27 September 2015. p. 4.
  13. ^'Madura Dictionary – Review by Software Informer Senior editor – Tyler Vidd'. software.informer.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  14. ^'ඉංගීසි භාෂාව සිංහලයට සමීප කළ 'මධුර'' [English language made closer to Sinhalese by 'Madura'] (PDF). Rajina – Loka Lama Dinaya (in Sinhala). Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 2 October 2015. p. 23. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 July 2017.
  15. ^Senanayake, Palitha (18 October 2015). 'ඉලෙක්‌ටොනික මාධ තුළින් ඉංගීසි සිංහලට සමීප කළ මධුර' [Through electronic media English made closer to Sinhalese by Madura]. Divaina – Features (in Sinhala). Upali Newspapers. p. X. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  16. ^Rathnaveil, Ravi (18 October 2015). 'යටත්වීම වෙනුවට සටන් කිරීමෙන් උපන් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය' [Instead of surrender Madura Dictionary was born fighting]. Irudina – Pitu 8 (in Sinhala). Leader Publications. p. VIII.
  17. ^'The Story Behind 'Madura''. The Sunday Leader – Business. Leader Publications. 1 November 2015. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  18. ^Wanninayaka, Gemunu; Liyanage, Dinithi (13 November 2015). 'Nagena Ira Program With Madura Kulatunge (Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary Maker) 2015-11-13'. RanOne FM. EAP Broadcasting Company Limited. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  19. ^'Get the word right with Madura'. Business LK Magazine. 1 January 2016. pp. 92–95.
  20. ^Muthumalie, Aruni (24 January 2016). 'ගහ බලපෑම් පරදා කාටත් වැඩක් ගත හැකි On line ශබ්දකෝෂයක් තැනූ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Defeating astrology effects and developed useful online dictionary for everyone by Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Sithmalyaya (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  21. ^'Madura Kulatunga Beyond the written word'. The Island (Sri Lanka) – YOUth. Upali Newspapers. 11 December 2016. pp. 8–9.
  22. ^'Madura Kulatunga Reflections on the world of dictionaries'. Esteem Magazine. 1 April 2017. pp. 54–56. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  23. ^'The story of Madura'. Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 25 June 2017. p. 14. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017.
  24. ^'මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Madura Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Resa – CYBER ROUNDUP (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 29 January 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  25. ^Devapriya, Uditha (27 September 2018). 'Beyond the written word'. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A18. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madura_English–Sinhala_Dictionary&oldid=879549892'
Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary
Developer(s)
Initial release23 November 2002; 16 years ago
LicenseFreeware
Websitemaduraonline.com

Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary (Sinhala: මධුර ඉංග්‍රීසි–සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය) is a free electronic dictionary service developed by Madura Kulatunga.[1][2] It is available as computer software, an online website and an android app.[3][4] The dictionary contains over 230,000 definitions including various technical terms.[5][6] As of 2016, the dictionary has been downloaded approximately 1,000,000[7][8][9] and ranks 100th most visited sites in Sri Lanka.[10][11] The dictionary is distributed as freeware.[12][13] It was initially released on November 23, 2002.[14][15]

Development[edit]

Kulatunga, a Sri Lankancomputer engineer,[16][17] wrote a program in Visual Basic for an English–Sinhala dictionary, using the dictionary entries from the English–Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera.[18][19] The program was marketed from 23 November 2002.[20][21] In 2008 he started a free internet version of it, the first online English–Sinhala dictionary.[22][23] Kulatunga later admitted that he had infringed the copyright of the Malalasekera English–Sinhala dictionary in creating his software, but he said in 2015 that he no longer infringed on copyrights.[24][25]

References[edit]

  1. ^Kodagoda, Anuradha (17 May 2015). 'Madura's moxie'. Sunday Observer (Sri Lanka) – Youth Observer. Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. pp. 8–9. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  2. ^'Madura Kulatunga, a commendable contribution'. The Island (Sri Lanka) – Watchout. Upali Newspapers. 24 May 2015. p. 15. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015.
  3. ^Devapriya, Uditha (21 June 2015). 'Madura's story'. The Nation (Sri Lanka) – insight. Rivira Media Corporation. p. i10. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  4. ^Wickramasinghe, Kamanthi (15 July 2015). 'A humble success story Madura Kulatunga'. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A12–A13.
  5. ^'Effectively bridging the language gap'. Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  6. ^Karunamuni, Kanchana (8 August 2015). ''මේ වෙනකොට ලක්ෂ නවයක් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය බාගත කරගෙන' මධුර කුලතුංග' ['Up to date nine lakhs have downloaded Madura Dictionary' Madura Kulatunga]. Dinamina – Features (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 20. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  7. ^'Madura Kulatunga's Notable Achievements'. The Sunday Leader – Weekend Leader. Leader Publications. 30 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  8. ^'Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com'. download.cnet.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  9. ^'Madura Online – Android Apps on Google Play'. play.google.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  10. ^'මධුර ඉංගීසි – සිංහල ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Guru Gedara (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 27 September 2015. p. 39. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  11. ^'maduraonline.com Site Overview'. alexa.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  12. ^'The generosity of Madura Kulatunga'. The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) – Education Times 2. Wijeya Newspapers. 27 September 2015. p. 4.
  13. ^'Madura Dictionary – Review by Software Informer Senior editor – Tyler Vidd'. software.informer.com. Retrieved 29 July 2016.
  14. ^'ඉංගීසි භාෂාව සිංහලයට සමීප කළ 'මධුර'' [English language made closer to Sinhalese by 'Madura'] (PDF). Rajina – Loka Lama Dinaya (in Sinhala). Sumathi Newspapers (Pvt) Ltd. 2 October 2015. p. 23. Archived(PDF) from the original on 2 July 2017.
  15. ^Senanayake, Palitha (18 October 2015). 'ඉලෙක්‌ටොනික මාධ තුළින් ඉංගීසි සිංහලට සමීප කළ මධුර' [Through electronic media English made closer to Sinhalese by Madura]. Divaina – Features (in Sinhala). Upali Newspapers. p. X. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  16. ^Rathnaveil, Ravi (18 October 2015). 'යටත්වීම වෙනුවට සටන් කිරීමෙන් උපන් මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය' [Instead of surrender Madura Dictionary was born fighting]. Irudina – Pitu 8 (in Sinhala). Leader Publications. p. VIII.
  17. ^'The Story Behind 'Madura''. The Sunday Leader – Business. Leader Publications. 1 November 2015. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  18. ^Wanninayaka, Gemunu; Liyanage, Dinithi (13 November 2015). 'Nagena Ira Program With Madura Kulatunge (Madura English–Sinhala Dictionary Maker) 2015-11-13'. RanOne FM. EAP Broadcasting Company Limited. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  19. ^'Get the word right with Madura'. Business LK Magazine. 1 January 2016. pp. 92–95.
  20. ^Muthumalie, Aruni (24 January 2016). 'ගහ බලපෑම් පරදා කාටත් වැඩක් ගත හැකි On line ශබ්දකෝෂයක් තැනූ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Defeating astrology effects and developed useful online dictionary for everyone by Madura Kulatunga]. Silumina – Sithmalyaya (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. p. 28. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  21. ^'Madura Kulatunga Beyond the written word'. The Island (Sri Lanka) – YOUth. Upali Newspapers. 11 December 2016. pp. 8–9.
  22. ^'Madura Kulatunga Reflections on the world of dictionaries'. Esteem Magazine. 1 April 2017. pp. 54–56. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  23. ^'The story of Madura'. Ceylon Today – Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 25 June 2017. p. 14. Archived from the original on 2 July 2017.
  24. ^'මධුර ශබ්දකෝෂය නිර්මාණය කළ මධුර කුලතුංග' [Madura Dictionary creator Madura Kulatunga]. Resa – CYBER ROUNDUP (in Sinhala). Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited. 29 January 2018. p. 2. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.
  25. ^Devapriya, Uditha (27 September 2018). 'Beyond the written word'. The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka) – Features. Wijeya Newspapers. pp. A18. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.

External links[edit]

Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Madura_English–Sinhala_Dictionary&oldid=879549892'