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See also: ـا, أ [U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE], ٵ [U+0675 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA ALEF], اً, ٱ [U+0671 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA], آ [U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE], إ [U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW], and ا-
ا / ا • (ʔalif)
- Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء (ʔ)) that sits on top of أ (ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a.
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ا • (ʔalif)
- The first letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is followed by ب (b).
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ا | ـا |
After fatha: ـَا — IPA(key): /aː/
Combined with fatha: اَ — IPA(key): /ʔa/
- اَلْيَوْمَ (al-yawma, “today”)
Combined with kasra: اِ — IPA(key): /ʔi/
Combined with damma: اُ — IPA(key): /ʔu/
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
- أ (ʔ)
- إ (ʔ)
- آ (ʔā)
- ى
- ٱ
- ـٰ
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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ا (transliteration needed)
- The first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
ا (aa)
- The first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
اُ (u)
- Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “u”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.
ا
- The first letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
ا • (alif)
- The first letter of the Gujarati abjad
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: ب
ا • (a,ā)
- The first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: ب (b)
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Arabic | ا |
Cyrillic | А, а/Ә, ә |
Latin | A, a/Ä, ä |
Yañalif | A, a/Ə, ə |
ا • (a, ä)
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ا | ـا |
Represents the back-vowel sound /ɑ/, unless a small ء is placed at the beginning of the word. In Kazakh, the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ا is the initial letter of a word and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the variant ٵ is used.
ا (ālif)
- The first letter of the Khowar abjad.
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: آ
ا • (alif)
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ا | ـا |
ا / ا
- The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
North Levantine Arabic
ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya) f
- Alternative spelling of ـها when it is not pronounced as “-ha”
ا • (alíf)
- The first letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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ا | ـا |
- At the start of the word, the letter ا (alif) represents the consonant /ʔ/.
- In the middle or end of a word, ا represents the vowel /ɑ/.
- Next letter: ب
- (phoneme)
- (letter name)
ـا or ا • (â or ∅)
- The first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is اَلِف (alef).
All word-initial vowels are proceeded by a glottal stop which is represented by an ا. However in medial and final positions it is not a glottal stop and instead represents the phoneme /ɑː/~/ɒː/. If a word-initial ا is representing the sound [ʔɑː]~[ʔɒː] it's usually written as آ.
- Next letter: ب
ا • (a)
- ا on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia fa
ا • (alif)
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: ب (b)
- (Shahmukhi script letters) ا, ب (b), پ (p), ت (t), ٹ (ṭ), ث (s̱), ج (j), چ (c), ح (ḥ), خ (x), د (d), ڈ (ḍ), ذ (ẕ), ر (r), ڑ (ṛ), ز (z), ژ (ž), س (s), ش (ś), ص (ṣ), ض (ẓ), ط (t̤), ظ (z̤), ع (ʻ), غ (ġ), ف (f), ق (q), ک (k), گ (g), ل (l), ࣇ (ḷ), م (m), ن (n), ݨ (ṇ), ں (ṉ), ہ (h), و (v), ی (y), ے (e) (Category: Punjabi letters)
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə.lɪf/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /ʔ/
ا • (ālif)
- The first letter of the Urdu abjad.
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: ب (b)
Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).
- انـ (an-) (before vowels)
This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
Category Urdu terms prefixed with ا not found
ا (a)
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ا | ـا |
- Next letter: ب