බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ල
“බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ල” (balaya pavarana liyavilla) — power of attorney in Sinhala. Noun, level B1. Literally 'the paper handing over power': the familiar 'document' plus 'power'. At the notary it's named in English — power of attorney. In a live sentence: “නොතාරිස්වරයා ළඟ බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ලක් හදන්න ඕන” — The power of attorney must be drawn up at the notary. You can hear how it sounds right here. Written with the characters බ, ල, ය, ප, ව, ර, න, ල, ි, ය, ව, ි.
In short
| Written in Sinhala | බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ල |
| Read in Latin letters | balaya pavarana liyavilla |
| Translation | power of attorney |
| Part of speech | noun |
| Level | B1 |
- බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ලbalaya pavarana liyavillapower of attorney
Why it looks that way
Literally 'the paper handing over power': the familiar 'document' plus 'power'. At the notary it's named in English — power of attorney
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- නොතාරිස්වරයා ළඟ බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ලක් හදන්න ඕනnotārisvarayā ḷanga balaya pavarana liyavillak hadanna ōnaThe power of attorney must be drawn up at the notary
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “power of attorney” in Sinhala?
«බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ල», read “balaya pavarana liyavilla”. In a live sentence: “නොතාරිස්වරයා ළඟ බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ලක් හදන්න ඕන” — The power of attorney must be drawn up at the notary. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Noun, level B1; written with the characters බ, ල, ය, ප, ව, ර, න, ල, ි, ය, ව, ි.
How is “බලය පවරන ලියවිල්ල” written in Latin letters?
balaya pavarana liyavilla. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally 'the paper handing over power': the familiar 'document' plus 'power'. At the notary it's named in English — power of attorney. A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how it sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.