🌿 Agricultural Terms Glossary | Sinhala – English

🌿 Agricultural Terms – Sinhala | English | Definitions

ගොවිතැන - Farming

👉Farming means cultivating crops or raising animals for livelihood and subsistence.

කෘෂිකර්මය - Agriculture

👉Agriculture is the art and science of growing plants and raising livestock for human use.

යැපුම් කෘෂිකර්මය - Subsistence agriculture

👉Subsistence agriculture is when farmers grow food mainly to eat at home with their family.

වැවිලි බෝග - Commercial crops

👉Commercial crops are grown primarily to sell them for gain.

වාරි තාක්ෂණය - Irrigation technology

👉Technology of irrigation includes systems and methods utilized to irrigate crops at a water-saving rate.

වැව - Tank

👉Tank is an artificial ( man-made ) large water reservoir used for irrigation in agriculture.

සොරොව්ව - Sluice gate

👉Sluice gate controls the amount of water from tanks or canals into the field.

හරිත විප්ලවය - Green revolution

👉Green Revolution is the increase in agricultural yield with the help of modern agriculture and high-yielding varieties.

බහුකාර්ය යෝජනා ක්‍රම - Multipurpose schemes

👉Multipurpose schemes provide water for irrigation, drinking, power generation, etc.

ගොවි ජනපදය - Farmer colony

👉Farmer colony is a planned colony of farmers and where they live and grow land around.

බෝග ස්ථාපනය - Crop establishment

👉Crop establishment is establishing the growth of a crop in the field successfully.

ප්‍රාථමික බිම් සැකසීම - Primary tillage

👉Primary tillage refers to breaking of the soil for the first time to prepare the land for sowing.

ද්විතීයික බිම් සැකසීම - Secondary tillage

👉Secondary tillage is lighter tillage like leveling and weed control following primary tillage.

රෝපණ ද්‍රව්‍ය - Planting materials

👉Planting materials include seeds, seedlings, cuttings, or any other plant part utilized to form new plants.

බීජ වපුරනය - Seeder

👉Seeder is a machine or equipment used to evenly distribute seeds into the ground.

උස් බිම් වගාව - Upland cultivation

👉Upland cultivation is the growth of crops on elevated or non-irrigated fields.

තවාන් පාත්ති - Nursery bed

👉A nursery bed is a bedded area from which young plants are raised before transplanting.

උස් වූ පාත්ති - Raised bed

👉A raised bed is an elevated pile of soil built above the level of the ground surface for cultivation for better drainage.

ගිල් වූ පාත්ති - Sunken bed

👉A sunken bed refers to a slightly lowered bed in order to conserve water, especially in dry environments.

තවාන් තැටි - Nursery trays

👉Nursery trays are shallow plastic trays on which seedlings are grown in a controlled atmosphere.

තවාන් මාධ්‍යය - Nursery media

👉Nursery media is the mixture of media like soil and compost in which seedlings are raised.

මතුපිට පස් - Top soil

👉Top soil is the uppermost and most fertile region of the soil in which most of the root development of plants occurs.

කාබනික පොහොර - Organic fertilizer

👉Organic fertilizer is prepared from natural substances like compost, manure, or plant residue.

බඳුන් මිශ්‍රණය - Potting mixture

👉Potting mixture is a special blend of soil and nutrients used for propagating plants in pots.

තවාන් ජීවානුහරණය - Nursery sterilization

👉Nursery sterilization is the elimination of harmful microbes from seedbeds or media.

බීජ ප්‍රතිකාර කිරීම - Seed treatment

👉Seed treatment involves coating seeds with chemicals or nutrients to improve germination and disease resistance.

බීජ ස්ථාපනය - Seed establishment

👉Seed establishment is the stage where seeds start growing steadily after sowing.

වල් මර්ධනය - Weeding

👉Weeding is the destruction of weeds that compete with crops for nutrient and light.

ආවරණ සැපයීම - Shading

👉Shading is the supply of natural or artificial cover for plants to prevent them from getting too much sunlight.

පැළ දැඩි කිරීම - Hardening of plants

👉Hardening is a process of slow acclimatization of nursery plants to field conditions before transplanting.

වාෂ්පීකරණය - Evaporation

👉Evaporation is the process by which water evaporates into vapor and moves away from surfaces or soil.

ජල කළමනාකරණය - Water management

👉Water management is planning and regulating the use of water to meet the requirements of the crop efficiently.

උත්ස්වේදනය - Transpiration

👉Transpiration is the evaporation of water from plant leaves into the atmosphere.

වාෂ්පීකරණ උත්ස්වේදනය - Evapo-transpiration

👉Evapo-transpiration is the combined loss of water from both soil evaporation and plant transpiration.

පිටාර ජල සම්පාදනය - Flood irrigation

👉Flood irrigation is the method of watering crops by flooding the entire field.

බෝග මාරුව - Crop rotation

👉Crop rotation is the cultivation of varying crops in a single field during different seasons with the purpose of improving soil quality.

සමෝධානික ගොවිතැන - Integrated farming

👉Integrated farming combines crop cultivation with animal rearing, aquaculture, and other practices for better efficiency.

කෘෂි වන වගාව - Agroforestry

👉Agroforestry is the combination of trees and crops in the same land area to enhance biodiversity and sustainability.

සංරක්ෂණ ගොවිතැන - Conservative farming

👉Conservative farming includes practices that protect and preserve soil and water resources.

ඒක බෝග වගාව - Mono cropping

👉Mono cropping is the practice of growing the same crop on the same land repeatedly.

බහු බෝග වගාව - Multiple cropping

👉Multiple cropping is growing two or more crops on the same field within a year.