Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary

Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary
Developer(s)
  • Madura Kulatunga
  • Database: Thibus
Initial release November 23, 2002 (2002-11-23)
Development status Active
License Freeware
Website maduraonline.com

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

Development

Kulatunga, a Sri Lankan computer engineer,[12] wrote a program in Visual Basic for an English-Sinhala dictionary, using the dictionary entries from the English-Sinhalese Dictionary of Gunapala Piyasena Malalasekera.[13] The program was marketed from 23 November 2002.[14] In 2008 he started a free internet version of it, the first online English-Sinhala dictionary.[15] 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.[16]

References

  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 29 July 2016.
  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. ↑ "Madura English-Sinhala Dictionary - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com". download.cnet.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Madura Online - Android Apps on Google Play". play.google.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Effectively bridging the language gap". Ceylon Today - Hello. Ceylon Newspapers. 26 July 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "maduraonline.com Site Overview". alexa.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  9. ↑ 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 29 July 2016.
  10. ↑ "Madura Dictionary - Review by Software Informer Senior editor - Tyler Vidd". software.informer.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  11. ↑ "Madura Kulatunga's Notable Achievements". The Sunday Leader - Weekend Leader. Leader Publications. 30 August 2015. p. 2. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  12. ↑ 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 29 July 2016.
  13. ↑ 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. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  14. ↑ "The Story Behind 'Madura'". The Sunday Leader - Business. Leader Publications. 1 November 2015. p. 28. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  15. ↑ 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.
  16. ↑ 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 29 July 2016.

External links

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