කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය
“කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය” (kṛtrima buddhiya) — artificial intelligence in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. kri-tri-ma bud-dhi-ya; the kru is one syllable and the dh a breathy d. In a live sentence: “කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය පාවිච්චි කරලා පින්තූර හදනවා” — With artificial intelligence they make pictures. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters ක, ෘ, ත, ්, ර, ි, ම, බ, ු, ද, ්, ධ. A word from the everyday Sinhala course, level B1.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය |
| Read in Latin letters | kṛtrima buddhiya |
| Translation | artificial intelligence |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- කෘත්රිම බුද්ධියkṛtrima buddhiyaartificial intelligence
How to pronounce it
kri-tri-ma bud-dhi-ya; the kru is one syllable and the dh a breathy d
Why it looks that way
A bookish pair: 'artificial' plus 'mind'. In speech more often simply 'the AI'
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය පාවිච්චි කරලා පින්තූර හදනවාkṛtrima buddhiya pāvicci karalā pintūra hadanavāWith artificial intelligence they make pictures
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “artificial intelligence” in Sinhala?
«කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය», read “kṛtrima buddhiya”. kri-tri-ma bud-dhi-ya; the kru is one syllable and the dh a breathy d. In a live sentence: “කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය පාවිච්චි කරලා පින්තූර හදනවා” — With artificial intelligence they make pictures. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters ක, ෘ, ත, ්, ර, ි, ම, බ, ු, ද, ්, ධ.
How is “කෘත්රිම බුද්ධිය” written in Latin letters?
kṛtrima buddhiya. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
A bookish pair: 'artificial' plus 'mind'. In speech more often simply 'the AI'. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.