अ
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately from Brahmi 𑀅 (a).
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ (a)
- the first letter and first vowel of the Devanagari script
Usage notes
[edit]- This letter only appears at the beginning of words or after another vowel, since the vowel it represents is always assumed to follow any consonant letter unless specifically noted otherwise with another vowel matra or with a virama.
Dhivehi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script.
Hindi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ • (a)
- the first vowel of Hindi, written in the Devanagari script; inherent after consonants
- कह kaha
See also
[edit]- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
Marathi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ • (a)
Nepali
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Nepali, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
See also
[edit]- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ऌ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, क्ष, त्र, ज्ञ (Category: Nepali letters) [edit]
Sanskrit
[edit]Alternative scripts
[edit]Alternative scripts
- অ (Assamese script)
- ᬅ (Balinese script)
- অ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅 (Brahmi script)
- အ (Burmese script)
- અ (Gujarati script)
- ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌅 (Grantha script)
- ꦄ (Javanese script)
- 𑂃 (Kaithi script)
- ಅ (Kannada script)
- អ (Khmer script)
- ອ (Lao script)
- അ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘀 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀 (Newa script)
- ଅ (Odia script)
- ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀 (Siddham script)
- අ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚀 (Takri script)
- அ (Tamil script)
- అ (Telugu script)
- อ (Thai script)
- ཨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Sanskrit, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
Derived terms
[edit]- अकार (akāra)
Interjection
[edit]अ • (a)
Pronoun
[edit]अ • (a)
Declension
[edit]Declension of अ | |||
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Nom. sg. | अः (aḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | अस्य (asya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अः (aḥ) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
Vocative | अ (a) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
Accusative | अम् (am) | औ (au) | आन् (ān) |
Instrumental | एन (ena) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | ऐः (aiḥ) |
Dative | आय (āya) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | आत् (āt) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | अस्य (asya) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | आनाम् (ānām) |
Locative | ए (e) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | एसु (esu) |
References
[edit]- Monier Williams (1899) “अ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0001.
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