Passaiyoor

Passaiyoor (Tamil: பாசையூர், romanized: Pācaiyūr, Sinhala: පාසායුර්, romanized: Pāsāyur) also spelled Pasaiyur, is a suburb of the city of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka. The suburb is divided into two village officer divisions (Passaiyoor East and Passaiyoor West) whose combined population was 2,440 at the 2012 census.[1]

Passaiyoor
பாசையூர்
පාසායුර්
Suburb
Passaiyoor is located in Northern Province
Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor is located in Sri Lanka
Passaiyoor
Passaiyoor
Coordinates: 9°39′05.90″N 80°01′42.70″E
CountrySri Lanka
ProvinceNorthern
DistrictJaffna
DS DivisionJaffna
Government
  TypeMunicipal Council
  BodyJaffna
Population
  Total2,440
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (Sri Lanka Standard Time Zone)

Etymology

Passaiyoor, also spelt Passaiyur, derives it words from the Tamil words pāci and ūr (village). Pāci can mean fishery, but is also a name of the sea god Varuna.[2][3] The village has also been recorded as Passur in some historical counts of Jaffna.[4]

History

The earliest settlers of Jaffna, were according to local legend, a musician and his kinsfolk.[5] According to scholars is the place surrounding Gurunagar, Colombuthurai and Passaiyoor the surmised place where they first settled.[6]

References

  1. "Census of Population and Housing 2012: Population by GN division and sex 2012" (PDF). Department of Census and Statistics, Sri Lanka. p. 154.
  2. TamilNet. "TamilNet". www.tamilnet.com. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. "பாசி | அகராதி | Tamil Dictionary". agarathi.com. University of Madras Lexicon. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  4. "Passaiyoor.org - Introduction". passaiyoor.org. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  5. ICTA. "Jaffna Divisional Secretariat - Overview". www.jaffna.ds.gov.lk. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  6. Rasanayagam, C.; Rasanayagam, Mudaliyar C. (1993-01-01). Ancient Jaffna: Being a Research Into the History of Jaffna from Very Early Times to the Portuguese Period. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 9788120602106.


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