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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], ا-, I [U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I], l [U+006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L], and 1 [U+0031 DIGIT ONE]

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]

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: ـَا — IPA(key): /aː/


(word initially):

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

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

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

See also

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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.

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic ا.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا • (ā, a, u, i)

  1. الف (álif): the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, named Alif, Alef or Aleph
    اموت ― amūt ― I die
    اوكازيون ― ukazyōn ― discount
    انت ― inta ― you (masculine singular)
    مات ― māt ― to die

Alternative forms

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While the distinction is made in literary Arabic, the colloquial language uses these word-initial forms with the hamza interchangeably:

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.

See also

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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

See also

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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, -ya) f

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

Pahari-Potwari

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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/, /∅/

Letter

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ا (alif)

  1. The first letter of Pahari-Pothwari written in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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Isolated form Final form
ا ـا

See also

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  • Next letter: ب (b)

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/.

See also

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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.

See also

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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/, /∅/

Letter

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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

See also

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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

See also

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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
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