talent

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for talent

talent 🔊 /tæˈlʌnt/

talent : ප්‍රතිභාව

talent : කුසලතාව

talent : සහජ දක්ෂතාව

talent : නිපුණත්වය

talent : තලෙන්තය

talent : කුශලතාව

talent : සහජ ශක්තිය

talent : සාමර්ථය

talent : කෞශල්‍යය

talent definition

Transitive verb.

  1. Among the ancient Greeks, a weight and a denomination of money equal to 60 minae or 6,000 drachmae. The Attic talent, as a weight, was about 57 lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver money, its value was £243 15s. sterling, or about $1,180.
  2. Among the Hebrews, a weight and denomination of money. For silver it was equivalent to 3,000 shekels, and in weight was equal to about 93/ lbs. avoirdupois; as a denomination of silver, it has been variously estimated at from £340 to £396 sterling, or about $1,645 to $1,916. For gold it was equal to 10,000 gold shekels.
  3. Inclination; will; disposition; desire.
  4. Intellectual ability, natural or acquired; mental endowment or capacity; skill in accomplishing; a special gift, particularly in business, art, or the like; faculty; a use of the word probably originating in the Scripture parable of the talents (Matt. xxVerb. 14-30).