𐬁

𐬁 U+10B01, 𐬁 AVESTAN LETTER AA ← 𐬀 [U+10B00] Avestan 𐬂 → [U+10B02]

Avestan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aː/

Etymology 1

Letter

𐬁 • (ā)

1. the second letter of the Avestan script, representing a long a

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *at (whence English at), Latin ad, and Sanskrit आ (ā). The final *d in the Proto-Indo-European term regularly alternated with *h₁, the latter appearing before certain consonants originally. Sanskrit and Avestan generalized the form ending in *h₁ – hence आ (ā),𐬁 (ā) – and its fellow Indo-European cognates generalized the form ending in *d.

Preposition

𐬁 • (ā)

1. at, towards