Sinhala/2.2

Alphabet/Step by step/Vowels 2 2.1 Vowels 2 ඍ The ninth letter in the alphabet. The sound of which is in Sanskrit = ṛi in English, which sound is retained in some Sanskrit words, naturalized in the Sinhalese language, while in others it is = ru. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter. ඍතුව (ṛtuva) - season ඍණ (ṛṇa) - negative ඍජු (ṛju) - straight ඍෂි (ṛṣi) - a saint or holy person (in Hindu mythology) එ The 13th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'hay', e in 'men' or e in 'engage'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. එක (eka) - one එකම (ekama) - only එන්න (enna) - come එල්ලනවා (ellanava) - hang එළුවා (eḷuvā) - goat එළදෙන (eḷadena) - cow එඬේරා (en̆ḍērā) - shepherd එලිය (eliya) - light එදා (edā) - that other day එකතුව (ekatuva) - sum ඒ The 14th letter in the alphabet. It sounds as a in 'made'. It takes the sound of the vowel එ held long. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඒකාන්ත (ēkānta) - verily/truly ඒක (ēka) - that/alone/solitary/that thing ඒවා (ēvā) - those ඒනිසා (ēnisā) - therefor/so ඒකා (ēkā) - that fellow ඓ The 15th letter of the alphabet. It is a diphthong. It sounds like i in 'while'. On other hand We can say it sounds like the name of the letter "I" in English. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There aren't many words begin with this letter. ඓතිහාසික (aitihāsika) - historical ඓශ්වර්යය (aiśvaryaya) - splendor/omnipotence ඔ The 16th letter of the alphabet. It has the sound of o in 'olive'. It is only used at the beginning of a word as well as all the other vowels. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඔටුන්න (oṭunna) - diadem/crown ඔටුවා (oṭuvā)- camel ඔත්තුකාරයා (ottukārayā) - spy ඔක්කොම (okkoma) - all/everyone ඔට්ටුව (oṭṭuva) - wager/bet/stake ඔතනවා (otanavā) - wrap ඔවුන් (ovun)- they ඔරුව (oruva) - canoe ඔරවනවා (oravanavā) - stare ඔලුව (oluva) - head ඕ The 17th letter of the alphabet. It takes the sound of the vowel ඔ held long as o in 'stone'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. ඕපාදූප (ōpādūpa) - gossip/insinuation ඕලු (ōlu) - Lotus ඖ The 18th letter and the last vowel in the alphabet. It sounds like ou in 'our'. This letter is also can be seen only at the beginning of a word. Let's see some example words begin with this letter. There isn't many words begin with this letter. ඖෂධ (auṣadha) - drugs/medicine Consonants 1 >>