අ, n. The first letter of the Alphabet. It varies bightly in pronunciation, depending sometimes on the meaning or derivation and sometimes on the consonants with which it is combined. It is (1) the clear, distinct sound obtained by shortening ආ ah; (2) the sound of a in negative or miracle. In initial syllables the sound is generally the first of these; the second arises from the dropping of the voice in the unaccented syllables. It is written only when it is the initial letter of a word, but is pronounced after every consonant to which no other vowel is attached, or where it is not suppressed by the sign ්, as කරනවා, karanavā, the final vowel අ, which is long, alone being written;කරන් karan, the vowel අ after න being suppressed by the sign ්.

අ ලිඛිත, a. unwritten, undelineated, ලියානැති, සටහන්කරලා නැති.

අකේඛාහිණිය, n. septillion. E.S. See අකේෂෟහි. අක්තය, අක්තේ, n. written license or warrant, අස්තය.

අතකුරු, n. pl. (අත්අකුරු), written letters, handwriting.

අත් අකුර, n. written letter of the alphabet; pl. අත්අකුරු‍: written letters, handwriting.

අධෝ ලිපිය, n. what is written below the line, &c.; foot-note.

අධෝක්ෂරය, n. (අධෝ අක්ෂරය), letter written underneath (for correction).

අවසර පත්‍රය, n. written permit, charter, license, pass, passport.

එ, n. The eleventh letter of the alphabet: a pure short vowel having the sound of e as heard in met. Its non-initial form (‍ෙ) is written before the consonant it vocalizes, as ‍දෙන් den, මෙන් men.

ක, n. The first consonant of the alphabet, K. When no vowel is written with it, like all the consonants, it is vocalized by means of the first vowel අ, which though unwritten is pronounced after it, as ක ka.

කැමති පත්‍රය, n. written will; අන්තිම කැමති පත්‍රය, last will, ආසන්න පත්‍රය.

කැරය, n. written deed, conveyance, bond.

ඤ, n. The tenth consonant of the Sanskrit and Pali alphabets and nasal of the palatal or second class. It is often written by the shorter from [ං], as in ආරංචි, වංචා, by [`], චචා. In Sansorit and its derivatives it never stands as an initial or alone, but joined to the following consonant either in its full or shortened form, as වඤ්වා, වංචා, වචා.

තුඩු·පත, n. written record of oral order or grant.

ද්විතීය·ලිඛිත·පත්‍රය, n. twice-written document, palimpsest. E. S.