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 ්.

අංකය, n. mark, label, සලකුණ; figure, number, numeral, ඉලක්කම; the body or side, ඇඟ, ඇඟපත.

අංකිත, a. marked, labelled, සලකුණුකරපු; numbered, ගණන දමාපු.

අකර, n E. of අක්ෂර: letter of the alphabet, අකුර.

අක්ෂරය, n. letter of the alphabet, අකුර; release from transmigration, ‍‍මෝක්ෂය. Bot.

අකුර, n. E. of අක්ෂර: letter of the alphabet; pl. අකුරු.

අකුරු මඩුව, n. shed where the alphabet or reading is taught, school, ඉස්කෝලය.

අකුරු මඬල, n. chart of the alphabet.

අත දරුවා, n. babe in arms, nurbing, infant.

අත ළමයා, n. infant in arms, babe.

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

අනු බලදෙනවා, v. to buttress, support; sustain; encourage, urge on, abet; රුකුල්දෙනවා, උසු ලනවා, පොළඹවනවා.

ආ, n. The second vowel of the alphabet, sounded like a in 'calm' or 'charm' its non-initial form is (ා) following the consonant it vocalizes, as කා Kā.

ඇ, n. The third vowel of the alphabet, though in some grammars and vocabularies this and the next are placed last of all. Its sound is a modification of අ, and like the sound of a in fat, bat, mat. Its non-initial form is (ැ) following the consonant it vocalizes, as කැබ්, cab.

ඇත්අඩිය‍, elephant foot print: plant with hairy leaves, Elephantopus scaber (Comp.).