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 චිරවතිය, n. second of the five great rivers issuing from lake Anavatatta. See අනව තත්ත විල.

අ පරි හාර්‍ය්‍ය, a. (හාර්‍ය්‍ය that should be taken away), unavoidable, inevitable. E. S.

අ පරි හාර්‍ය්‍යකාරයෙන්, ad. unavoidably &c.

අ පරි හාර්‍ය්‍යතාව, n. unavoidableness &c.

උප සේනා පතියා, n. Lieutenant General, (of the navy) Vice-Admiral.

කමල් නැබ, කමල් නෙත්, a. lotus-navel, lotus-eyed: ep. of Vishnu.

කිඹුල්මුව, n. nave of a wheel.

කූබරය, n. nave of a wheel, කිඹුල් මුව; pole of a cart or carriage, ඒරුකලේ.

ගැල්·නාබිය, n. nave of a cart wheel.

චක්‍ර·කුබරය, n. pole of a carriage, nave of a wheel, බොස්ගෙඩිය.

චෞර, a. dishonest, knavish, හොර, ප්‍රයෝග.

තක්කඩි, a. (T. deceitrul), knavish, rascally, base.

ත්‍රි·මණ්ඩල, n. pl. B., the three disks or regions, viz. the navel and the two knees, over which the B. P.'s robe must extend.

තුණ්ඩිකාව, n. navel, පෙකනිය.