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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 U+0627, ا
ARABIC LETTER ALEF
ئ
[U+0626]
Arabic ب
[U+0628]
U+FE8D, ﺍ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM

[U+FE8C]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE8E]
U+FE8E, ﺎ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF FINAL FORM

[U+FE8D]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE8F]

Arabic

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Etymology 1

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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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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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.

Descendants

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  • N'Ko: ߊ

Symbol

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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

Pronunciation

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After fatha: ـَاIPA(key): /aː/


(word initially):

Combined with fatha: اَIPA(key): /a/

Combined with kasra: اِIPA(key): /i/

Combined with damma: اُIPA(key): /u/

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Balti

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

Letter

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ا (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (aa)

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

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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اُ (u)

  1. they; third-person plural pronoun

References

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

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/, [ɑ]

Letter

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ا

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

Gujarati

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (alif)

  1. The first letter of the Gujarati abjad

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: ب

Kashmiri

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (a,ā)

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

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: ب (b)

Kazakh

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (a, ä)

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

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

Usage notes

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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.

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Khowar

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (ālif)

  1. The first letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: آ

Kyrgyz

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (alif)

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

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

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Malay

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Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا / ‍ا

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

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North Levantine Arabic

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Suffix

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ـا (-a, -wa, -yaf

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

Pashto

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (alíf)

  1. The first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

Usage notes

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  • 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/.

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  • Next letter: ب

Persian

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ـا or ا (â or )

  1. The first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is اَلِف (alef).

Usage notes

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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.

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  • Next letter: ب

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ا (a)

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

Further reading

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Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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

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ا (alif)

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

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

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Sindhi

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɑːlif/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /ɑː/, /ʔ/

Letter

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ا (alif)

  1. The first letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

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  • Next letter: ب

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (ālif)

  1. The first letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: ب (b)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).

Alternative forms

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Prefix

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اـ (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)

  1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.
    Synonyms: غَیرـ (ġair-), ناـ (nā-)
Usage notes
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This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

Derived terms
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Category Urdu terms prefixed with ا not found

Yoruba

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (a)

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

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: ب