power

අමතර අවධානයට: Power

ඉංග්‍රීසි

වෙනත් ආකාර

• powre (obsolete)

නිරුක්තිය

නිරුක්ති ශාඛා

පුරාතන ප්‍රංශ pooir

ඇන්ග්ලෝ-නෝමන් poerbor.

මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි power

ඉංග්‍රීසි power

From මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි power, poer, from පුරාතන ප්‍රංශ poeir, from Vulgar Latin potēre, from ලතින් posse, whence ඉංග්‍රීසි potent. Compare ප්‍රංශ pouvoir. Displaced the native පුරාතන ඉංග්‍රීසි anweald.

උච්චාරණය

• (UK)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/, /ˈpaʊ̯.ə/
    • (triphthong smoothing) IPA^(key): [ˈpʰaə], [ˈpʰaː], [ˈpʰɑː]
  • (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ˈpuː.ɐ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯.ɚ/, /ˈpaʊ̯ɹ/, [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɚ], [ˈpʰaʊ̯ɹ]

  • ඕඩියෝ (US):

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• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈpæʊ̯.ə/, [ˈpʰæʊ̯ə], [ˈpæɔ̯ə], [ˈpʰɛəː] (increasingly broader)
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯.(ə)ɹ/, [p(ʰ)äʊ̯(ə)ɹ]
  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ˈpʌʊ̯.(ə)ɹ/, [p(ʰ)əw(ə)ɹ]
• Hyphenation: pow‧er
• Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)

නාම පදය

power (countable and uncountable, බහුවචන powers)

1. The ability to do or undergo something.

   He has lost the power to speak.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 1950 September, “Network News: Watford Tunnel, L.M.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 641:

     On June 8, 1872, the London & North Western Railway obtained powers to quadruple its main line, and a new tunnel was bored for the up and down slow lines.

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

   • 2018, Marilyn McCord Adams, Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God, page 74:

     If it is spirits who have power to suffer, it seems they would also have active powers to think and will.

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

2. (social) The ability to coerce, influence, or control.
   • 2022 මාර්තු 8, “Magistrate Yang Wen-ke Sends Female Staff in Hsinchu County Government Roses for Their Contributions”, in HsinChu County Government‎, archived from the original on 19 July 2022:

     The proportion of female colleagues in the Hsinchu County Government and its affiliated units has reached 61%. “Women Power” is the power behind over half of the services provided by the county government.

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

   1. (countable) The ability to affect or influence.

      the power of the written word

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      • සැකිල්ල:RQ:Fielding Tom Jones
      • සැකිල්ල:RQ:Fielding Tom Jones
      • 1978 නොවැම්බර් 17, 1:30:50 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special‎ (Science Fiction), spoken by Carrie Fisher, →OCLC:

        No matter how different we appear, we're all the same in our struggle against the powers of evil and darkness. I hope that this day will always be a day of joy in which we can reconfirm our dedication and our courage and more than anything else, our love for one another. This is the promise of the Tree of Life.

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

      • 1998, Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now:

        Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present.

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

   2. The ability or authority to control, govern, command, coerce, etc., such as in a legal, political or business sphere.

      He's nominally president, but he does not have any real power.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

        “ […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh. Her own father recognised it when he bereft her of all power in the great business he founded. […]”

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

      • 1949, George Orwell [pseudonym; George Orwell], Nineteen Eighty-Four:

        The Party seeks power entirely for its own sake. We are not interested in the good of others; we are interested solely in power. Not wealth or luxury or long life or happiness: only power, pure power. [...] We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

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

      • 2005 April, Columbia Law Review:

        In the face of expanding federal power, California in particular struggled to maintain control over its Chinese population.

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

      • 2013 අගෝස්තු 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

        It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits.

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

   3. (metonymic, chiefly in the plural) The people in charge of legal or political power, the government.

      Synonym: powers that be

   4. (metonymic) A strong or influential nation, company, or other such body.

      In the 19th century, Britain and France were major colonial powers.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      Britain is no longer the maritime power that it once was.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      • 2013 අගෝස්තු 16, John Vidal, “Dams endanger ecology of Himalayas”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 10, page 8:

        Most of the Himalayan rivers have been relatively untouched by dams near their sources. Now the two great Asian powers, India and China, are rushing to harness them as they cut through some of the world's deepest valleys.

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

   5. (metonymic, පෞරාණික) An army, a military force.
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      • සැකිල්ල:RQ:Marlowe Tamburlaine
3. (physical, නොගැණිය හැකි) Strength, energy.
   1. Physical force or strength.

      He needed a lot of power to hit the ball out of the stadium.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   2. (attributive) Designating one who does something forcefully or on a large or grand scale.

      She's a power shopper; she knows all the best deals.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      This high-spec computer is ideal for power users.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   4. The production or flow of energy providing means to do work; energy per time unit.

      The power to haul the train is supplied by two huge locomotives.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   6. (specifically) Electricity or a supply of electricity.

      After the pylons collapsed, this town was without power for a few days.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

      • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad‎:

        “My father had ideas about conservation long before the United States took it up. […] You preserve water in times of flood and freshet to be used for power or for irrigation throughout the year. […]”

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

      • 2013 ජූලි 20, “Out of the gloom”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

        [Rural solar plant] schemes are of little help to industry or other heavy users of electricity. Nor is solar power yet as cheap as the grid. For all that, the rapid arrival of electric light to Indian villages is long overdue. When the national grid suffers its next huge outage, as it did in July 2012 when hundreds of millions were left in the dark, look for specks of light in the villages.

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

   7. (භෞතිකවේදය) The rate at which work is done or energy is transferred, expressed in units of energy per unit of time.

      The kilowatt is a unit of power, equivalent to 1,000 joules of energy per second.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   8. The strength by which a lens or mirror magnifies an optical image.

      We need a microscope with higher power.

      (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

5. (colloquial, dated outside the phrase 'power of good') A large amount or number.

   do a power of good ― (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

   • 1872, Mark Twain, chapter XLVII, in Roughing It:

     Don't you mind my snuffling a little—becuz we're in a power of trouble.

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

   • 1918, Henry Kitchell Webster, “The White Arc”, in Everybody's Magazine, volume XXXVIII, number Five:

     what a power of languages he knew

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

   • 1944/5, Dylan Thomas, Twenty Years a-Growing (filmscript (unfinished)), published 1964:

     All the other children are making a power of noise

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

   • 2002, William Magan, Soldier of the Raj, page 161:

     "There'd be a power of horses down there on the parade ground, wouldn't there ?"

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

   • 2020, Laura Carlin, Requiem for a Knave:

     each word costing her a power of pain

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

6. Any of the elementary forms or parts of machines: three primary (the lever, inclined plane, and pulley) and three secondary (the wheel-and-axle, wedge, and screw).

   the mechanical powers ― (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

7. (trucking) A tractor.

   The set I'm making right now needs a power on it, but we don't have any tractors left in the yard.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

8. (භෞතිකවේදය, mechanics) A measure of the effectiveness that a force producing a physical effect has over time. If linear, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the displacement of or in an object) ÷ time. If rotational, the quotient of: (force multiplied by the angle of displacement) ÷ time.
9. (ගණිතය)
   2. A product of equal factors (and generalizations of this notion): $x^{n}$, read as "$x$ to the power of $n$" or the like, is called a power and denotes the product $x\times x\times \cdots \times x$, where $x$ appears $n$ times in the product; $x$ is called the base and $n$ the exponent.
   3. (set theory) Cardinality.
   4. (statistics) The probability that a statistical test will reject the null hypothesis when the alternative hypothesis is true.
10. (biblical, in the plural) In Christian angelology, an intermediate level of angels, ranked above archangels, but exact position varies by classification scheme.
11. (quiz bowl) A bonus point awarded for answering correctly before a certain part of the tossup is read.

සමාන පද

Terms synonymous with one or more senses of power (noun)

• aptitude
• arm
• authority
• capability
• capacity
• clout
• command
• competence
• competency
• control
• dominion
• energy
• force
• grip
• hold
• influence
• main
• mastery
• might
• muscle
• potency
• pull
• sinew
• strength
• sway
• vigor
• wald
• weight

• See also Thesaurus:power

විරුද්ධ පද

• impotence
• weakness

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

• A-B power
• active power
• agripower
• airpower
• antipower
• atomic power
• auxiliary power unit
• axiom of power set
• Axis power
• balance of power
• Banzhaf power index
• bargaining power
• battery power
• biopower
• bipower
• black power
• bottom power
• brainpower
• broken power law
• brown power
• buying power
• candlepower
• candle power
• civil power
• clean power
• combined cycle power plant
• come to power
• cone of power
• copower
• corridors of power
• counterpower
• cyberpower
• dirty power
• donkey power
• donkeypower
• do the power of good
• duckpower
• earning power
• earnings power
• effective radiated power
• electric power transmission
• electropower
• eye power
• firepower
• fire-power
• firm power
• Five Power Defence Arrangements
• flower power
• formal power series
• girl power
• gray power
• great power
• grey power
• ground power
• gunpower
• hard power
• higher power
• high-power
• horse-power
• horsepower
• horse power
• Hutu Power
• hydroelectric power
• hydropower
• hyperpower
• inherent power
• in power
• kilikili power
• knowledge is power
• labor power
• labour power
• light-collecting power
• light-gathering power
• low-power
• lung power
• lung-power
• manpower
• market power
• micropower
• middle power
• military power
• mindpower
• more power to someone, more power to your elbow
• more power to your arm
• motive power
• motive power depot
• multipower
• necropower
• noise power
• nonfirm power
• nonpower
• non-powerlike
• nuclear power
• nuclear power plant
• nuclear power station
• omnipower
• optical power
• people power
• perfect power
• personpower
• person-power
• pester power
• phantom power
• Planck power
• police power
• poor power
• powerable
• power adapter
• power adaptor
• power alley
• power animal
• power assist
• power-associative algebra
• power balance
• powerball
• power ballad
• powerband
• powerbank
• power bank
• power bar
• power base
• power behind the throne
• power board
• powerboat
• powerbomb
• power bottom
• power box
• power breakfast
• power brick
• power broker
• power-broker
• powerbroking
• power bump
• power button
• power cable
• power car
• power center
• power centre
• power chain
• powerchair
• power charger
• power chord
• power clean
• power cod
• power coffee
• power consumption
• power cord
• Power County
• power couple
• power creep
• power cut
• power-cycle
• power cycle
• power dissipation
• power distance
• power dive
• power domain
• power down
• power-dressed
• power dresser
• power dressing
• power drill
• power dynamics
• power egg, power-egg
• power electronics
• power equation
• power excursion
• power factor
• power failure
• power fantasy
• power feminism
• Power Five
• power forward
• Power Four
• powerful
• power function
• power gamer
• power gap
• power grab
• power grid
• power hammer
• power hand
• power harrow
• powerhead
• power hitter
• power hitting
• power hockey
• powerholder
• powerholding
• power hour
• powerhouse
• power house
• power-hungry
• power-intensive
• power interruption
• power in the land
• power inverter
• powerish
• powerism
• powerist
• power jam
• power kerosene
• power kite
• power laces
• power law
• powerlaw
• power lead
• powerless
• power level
• powerlevel
• powerlifter
• powerlifting
• powerlike
• power-line
• power-line communication
• power line communication
• powerline, power line
• power loom
• power lunch
• power luncher
• power lunching
• power metal
• power mic
• power mike
• power mod
• powermonger
• power move
• power nap
• power noise
• power of appointment
• power of attorney
• power of suggestion
• power of termination
• power of the pencil
• power of the purse
• power of yet
• poweroid
• power-operated
• power outage
• power pack
• power pill
• power plant
• powerplay, power play
• power point
• power pole
• power-political
• power politician
• power politics
• power pop
• power posing
• power projection
• power puller
• power rack
• power rule
• power satellite
• power saw
• power scaling
• power screw
• power series
• power set
• powersharing, power-sharing, power sharing
• powershift
• power shovel
• power shower
• powerslam
• powerslash
• power slide
• power snack
• powersome
• power source
• powersport
• powersports
• power spot
• power station
• power steering
• powers that be
• power strip
• power stroke
• power structure
• power struggle
• power suit
• power supply
• power surge
• power take-off
• power tap
• power tie
• power tiller
• power to gas
• power tool
• power toothbrush
• power top
• power tower
• power train
• powertrain
• power transmission line
• power trio
• power trip
• power-tripper
• power-tripping
• powertrip, power-trip, power trip
• power trowel
• power unit
• power-up
• power user
• power vacuum
• powerviolence
• power walk
• power-walk
• powerwalk
• power wall
• powerwash
• power wash
• powerwasher
• power washing
• power wheel
• power window
• power word
• powery
• predictive power
• protecting power
• pulling power
• purchasing power
• purchasing power parity
• Puretic power block
• pussy power
• reactive power
• refractive power
• regional power
• relocatable power tap
• residual power
• resolving power
• rest in power
• running powers
• sea power
• seapower
• sharp power
• shore power
• sleeping power
• smart power
• social power
• soft power
• solar power
• spacepower
• space power system
• speak truth to power
• specific power
• spending power
• split-phase power
• statistical power
• staying power
• steam power
• stopping power
• storage power station
• subpower
• super power
• superpower
• talk truth to power
• technopower
• thermal design power
• thermopower
• tidal power
• to the power of
• T-power
• ultrapower
• uninterruptible power source
• uninterruptible power supply
• unpower
• warpower
• water power
• wave power
• white power
• will power
• will-power
• willpower
• will-to-power
• will to power
• wind power
• windpower
• womanpower
• world power

ආශ්‍රිත යෙදුම්

• possible
• potent

Collocations

• electric, nuclear, optical, mechanical, political, absolute, corporate, institutional, military, economic, solar, magic, magical, huge, physical, mental, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, sexual, seductive, coercive, erotic, natural, cultural, positive, negative, etc. ― (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

Descendants

• → ජර්මානු: Power

ක්‍රියා පදය

power (third-person singular simple present powers, present participle powering, simple past and past participle powered)

1. (සකර්මක) To provide power for (a mechanical or electronic device).

   This CD player is powered by batteries.

   (මෙම usage example සඳහා වන සිංහල පරිවර්තනය එක් කිරීමට කාරුණික වන්න)

2. (සකර්මක) To hit or kick something forcefully.
   • 2011 පෙබරවාරි 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC‎:

     United keeper Edwin van der Sar was the unlikely provider as his clearance found Rooney, who had got ahead of last defender Richard Dunne, and the forward brilliantly controlled a ball coming from over his shoulder before powering a shot past Brad Friedel.

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

3. To enable or provide the impetus for.
   • 2017 අප්‍රේල් 6, Samira Shackle, “On the frontline with Karachi’s ambulance drivers”, in the Guardian‎:

     Abdul Sattar Edhi came to Karachi as a poor man from an Indian village in 1947. Starting with a small pharmacy tent, his work rapidly expanded, powered by donations from ordinary citizens.

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

4. (අකර්මක) To move or advance with great force or speed.
   • 2019 ජනවාරි 16, “Ashleigh Barty loses coach but wins latest Australian Open encounter”, in The Guardian‎:

     Playing with freedom and no fear, Ashleigh Barty has powered into the Australian Open third round without even a coach. Barty clubbed China’s Yafan Wang 6-2, 6-3 on Wednesday before revealing she had been largely flying solo during her charge to the last 32 for only the second time.

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

ව්‍යුත්පන්න යෙදුම්

• bepower
• depower
• empower
• outpower
• overpower
• power ahead
• power down
• power off
• power on
• power through
• power up
• repower
• underpower
• unpower

නාම විශේෂණ පදය

power (comparative more power, superlative most power)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) Impressive.
   • 2001, Thian, Makan Time‎:

     Check out the POWER Mee Rebus & Lontong in this newly established Nasi Padang coffee shop at Market Street Carpark.

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

   • 2005, Bayya, Bayya Eats ... and Other Stuff‎:

     Their performance is very the Power!

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

   • 2010, Caihong Lim, Kesheng Lim, Footprints All Over: Love, Happiness,Joy‎:

     His hokkien is damn power lah!

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

   • 2015, SGMOJI, Your Ultimate Guide to Locally-Grown Emojis‎, archived from the original on 4 March 2016:

     Eh his soccer skills damn power one.

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

විශ්මයාර්ථ පදය

1. (Philippines, colloquial) Used as a cheer to express support (Can we verify^{(add attestations%7cpower%5D%5D +)} this sense?)

අමතර අවධානයට

• more power to someone

වැඩිදුර් කියවීම සඳහා

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ජර්මානු

නිරුක්තිය 1

from Borrowed, ප්‍රංශ pauvre, from ලතින් pauper.

උච්චාරණය

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːvər/, [ˈpoːvɐ]
• Hyphenation: po‧wer

නාම විශේෂණ පදය

1. (regional, informal) poor, miserable

නිරුක්තිය 2

උච්චාරණය

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊ̯ər/, [ˈpaʊ̯ɐ]
• Homophone: Power

ක්‍රියා පදය

power

1. සැකිල්ල:verb form of
2. (colloquial) සැකිල්ල:verb form of

වැඩිදුර් කියවීම සඳහා

• “power” in Duden online
• “power” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

මධ්‍යකාලීන ඉංග්‍රීසි

වෙනත් ආකාර

• poeir, poer, pouer, pouweer, pouwer, pouwere, powair, powere
• poiar, pouoir, poure, powr, puere, puwer (Late ME)

නිරුක්තිය

from Borrowed, ඇන්ග්ලෝ-නෝමන් poer, poeir, pouer, from Late Latin potēre, regularisation of ලතින් posse.

උච්චාරණය

• IPA^(key): /puːˈɛːr/, /ˈpuː(ə)r/, (less common) /pɔːˈɛːr/, /ˈpɔː(ə)r/

නාම පදය

power (uncountable)

1. Ability, power or capability:
   1. A faculty in a (particular) area; the power to do (something).
   2. Efficacy; magnitude of an effect or ability in achieving it.
   3. Physical ability or condition; might, strength.
   4. Wealth, means; financial power or resources.
   5. The power of a deity or demon (especially the Christian God).
   6. (astrology) The control exercised by a planet, star, or constellation.
2. Authority, rule; the ability to govern:
   1. Governmental authority or control; dominion.
   2. Legally authorised or delegated power; permission.
   3. A powerful governmental position, title, or dignity.
   4. (rare) A ruler or their domain.
3. An army or host; a military force.
4. (theology) A power (rank of angel).

Descendants

• ඉංග්‍රීසි: power
  • → ජර්මානු: Power
• Middle Scots: power, powar
  • Scots: pouer, pooer, pour, power
• → වේල්ස: power, pŵer

මූලාශ්‍ර

• “pǒuē̆r(e, n.”, මාර්ග ගත මිඩ්ල් ඉංග්ලිෂ් ශබ්දකෝෂය, Ann Arbor, මිචිගන්.: මිචිගන් විශ්වවිද්‍යාලය, 2007.