អា

Khmer

Pronunciation

Orthographic and Phonemic អា ʼā WT romanisation ʼaa (standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː/

Etymology 1

Particle

អា • (ʼaa)

1. derogatory or colloquial particle.

Usage notes

Particle used before nouns and noun phrases giving them a derogatory or very familiar meaning.

អាអត់ពូជ  ―  ʼaa ʼɑt puuc  ―  son of a bitch!

It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys.

អាវ៉ា  ―  ʼaa vaa  ―  term of address for boys

It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed. When preceding adjectives or demonstratives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.

អានេះ, អានោះ  ―  ʼaa nih , · ʼaa nuh  ―  this one, that one

Etymology 2

Verb

អា • (ʼaa) (abstract noun ការអា)

1. Alternative form of អារ (ʼaa)​: to ​saw

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• আ (Assamese script)
• ᬆ (Balinese script)
• আ (Bengali script)
• 𑰁 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀆 (Brahmi script)
• အာ (Burmese script)
• आ (Devanagari script)
• આ (Gujarati script)
• ਆ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌆 (Grantha script)
• ꦄꦴ (Javanese script)
• 𑂄 (Kaithi script)
• ಆ (Kannada script)
• ອາ (Lao script)
• ആ (Malayalam script)
• ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
• 𑘁 (Modi script)
• ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦡 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐁 (Newa script)
• ଆ (Odia script)
• ꢃ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆄 (Sharada script)
• 𑖁 (Siddham script)
• ආ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩐𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚁 (Takri script)
• ஆ (Tamil script)
• ఆ (Telugu script)
• อา (Thai script)
• ཨཱ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒂 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨀𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Preposition

អា • (ā́)

1. Alternative form of आ (ā, “as far as”)
   • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎^[1], volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:

     វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
     ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
     តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
     យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
     * Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.

     vimardayanti ye bhūmi
     dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
     te sarvvanarake yāntu
     yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥

     May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.