This is a commonly mispronounced word. The two official languages in Sri Lanka are Sinhala and Tamil.
This word is normally pronounced in India as jaafnaa or जाफ़ना
That is completely incorrect. The British pronounced it as
jaefna or जॅफ़नअ
So if you want to be servile to the British pronounce it thus. Or
The correct pronunciation in Sinhala is
yaapanaya or यापनयअ
The pronunciation in Tamil is slightly different
yaazhpaaNam or याळपाणं
This word is normally pronounced in India as jaafnaa or जाफ़ना
That is completely incorrect. The British pronounced it as
jaefna or जॅफ़नअ
So if you want to be servile to the British pronounce it thus. Or
The correct pronunciation in Sinhala is
yaapanaya or यापनयअ
The pronunciation in Tamil is slightly different
yaazhpaaNam or याळपाणं
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