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 ්.

අංගම, n. sorcery, magic, witchcraft, enchantment, හූනියම.

අංජන දේවී, අංජනාව, n. goddess of witchcraft, the mother of Hanuman the monkey chief or demon who aids magicians.

අංජනං, අංජනම, n. witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy.

අට වක, අට වක් දින, අට වක් පොහො දින, n. (වක lunar day), eighth day after the new or full moon.

අත් වැඩ, අත් වැඩය, n. handiwork, handicraft, අතේ වැඩ, හස්තකර්‍මාන්තය.

අත්තම, n. for අත්කම hand-work, handicraft; work, හස්තකර්‍මාන්තය.

අධ්‍යශනය, n. (අධි අශනය), extra food, excessive eating; eating after a meal.

අනතුරුව, ad. (අන් අතුරුව), without interval, immediately, connectively, next after, ඊළඟට, පසුව.

අනවිනය‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍, n. enchantment, bewitchment, magic, witchcraft.

අන්වාධේය, n. (අනු ආධේය), after-dowry, viz. property given by the husband's family to his wife after marriage, අනු දායාදය.

අනිත්දා, අනිද්දා, n. the day after to-morrow.

අනු ජ, අනු ජාත, a. (අනු after), born after, younger, පසුව උපන්, වඩා බාල.

අනු තාපය, n. (අනු after, තාපය heat, sorrow), regret, repentance, contrition, පසුතැවිල්ල.

අනු නාද, අනු නාදි, a. (අනු after or responding), resonant, reverberant, pert. to echoes, catacoustic, ද්‍රේංකාර.