Ja-Ela (SL)

Sin: ජා-ඇල jā-æla – Tam: ஜா-எல jā-ela  ‘Java Brook’  WP,  Sri Lanka From Sin: ja(va), ‘Malay, Javanese’; and  ela, ‘brook, rivulet, channel, canal’. There are about 40,000 Sri Lankan Malays. Most settled during the 17th and 18th centuries when both Ceylon and...