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ا U+0627, ا ARABIC LETTER ALEF ← ئ [U+0626] Arabic ب → [U+0628]

ﺍ U+FE8D, ﺍ ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM ← ﺌ [U+FE8C] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺎ → [U+FE8E]

ﺎ U+FE8E, ﺎ ARABIC LETTER ALEF FINAL FORM ← ﺍ [U+FE8D] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺏ → [U+FE8F]

From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢁 (l, “aleph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (l, “ālef”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾. See also Classical Syriac ܐ‎ (l, “ālef”), Hebrew א (l, “alef”), Ancient Greek Α (A), Latin A.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʔa.lif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʔ/

ا / ‍ا • (ʔalif)

1. 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)

1. 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).

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

After fatha: ـَا — IPA^(key): /aː/

• عَار (ʕār, “shame”)

(word initially):

Combined with fatha: اَ — IPA^(key): /a/

• اَلْيَوْمَ (al-yawma, “today”)

Combined with kasra: اِ — IPA^(key): /i/

• اِبْن (ibn, “son”)

Combined with damma: اُ — IPA^(key): /u/

• اُكْتُبْ (uktub, “write (imperative)”)

• (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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• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

ا (transliteration needed)

1. The first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• IPA^(key): /aː/, [aː]

ا (aa)

1. The first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

• IPA^(key): /u/, [u]

اُ (u)

1. they; third-person plural pronoun

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2024) “u”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, [ɑ]

ا

1. The first letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɑlif/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ʔ/

ا • (alif)

1. The first letter of the Gujarati abjad

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• Next letter: ب

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /əlif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, /aː/

ا • (a,ā)

1. The first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• Next letter: ب (b)

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ا
Cyrillic	А, а/Ә, ә
Latin	A, a/Ä, ä
Yañalif	A, a/Ə, ə

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /æˈlip/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/ (back)
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /æ/ (front)

ا • (a, ä)

1. The first letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter А or Ә.

Isolated form	Final form
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.

• ٵ (front-vowel word-initial variant.
• Next letter: ب
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

ا (ālif)

1. The first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• Next letter: آ

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /aˈlif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/

ا • (alif)

1. The first letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter А

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ﻥ, ﺕ, ﺝ, ﭺ, ﺡ, ﻑ, ﻕ, ﻉ, ك, گ, ڭ, ﻝ, ﻡ, و, ۅ, ۉ, ﯗ, ﯞ, ﺱ, ﺵ, ﺩ, ﺭ, ﺯ, ﻩ, ﻯ, ﯗﺀ, ﻰﺋ, ﻲ, ﻯ, ء, يۋ, ﻻ,

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [alef]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [ä], [ɐ], [ə]

ا / ‍ا

1. The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya) f

1. Alternative spelling of ـها when it is not pronounced as “-ha”

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /aˈlif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ʔ/

ا • (alíf)

1. The first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Isolated form	Final form
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)

  (Classical Persian, Dari) IPA^(key): [ɑː], [ʔ]

  (Iran) IPA^(key): [ɒː], [ʔ]

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• (letter name)

  (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /alif/, [ʔalif]

  (Dari) IPA^(key): /alɪf/, [ʔalɪf]

  (Iran) IPA^(key): /ælef/, [ʔælef]

ـا or ا • (â or ∅)

1. 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

• IPA^(key): /æ/

ا • (a)

1. (dialectal, Hamadan,Harat) from, since

• ا on the Persian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fa

• Gurmukhi letter: ਅ (a), ੲ, ੳ, ਾ (ā)
• (letter name): الف (alif)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ə.lɪf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /äː/, /∅/

ا • (alif)

1. The first letter of the Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script.

Isolated form	Final form
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): IPA^(key): /ɑːlif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /ʔ/

ا • (alif)

1. The first letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ھ, ء, ي

• Next letter: ب

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.lɪf/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /ʔ/

ا • (ālif)

1. The first letter of the Urdu abjad.

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• Next letter: ب (b)

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).

• انـ (an-) (before vowels)

اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

   Synonyms: غَیرـ (ġair-), ناـ (nā-)

This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /a/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

ا (a)

1. The first letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script.

Isolated form	Final form
ا	ـا

• Next letter: ب