-अ

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬅ (Balinese script)
• -အ (Burmese script)
• -अ (Devanagari script)
• -ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌅 (Grantha script)
• -ꦄ (Javanese script)
• -𑂃 (Kaithi script)
• -អ (Khmer script)
• -ອ (Lao script)
• -അ (Malayalam script)
• -ᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘀 (Modi script)
• -ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐀 (Newa script)
• -ଅ (Odia script)
• -ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆃 (Sharada script)
• -𑖀 (Siddham script)
• -අ (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩐 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚀 (Takri script)
• -அ (Tamil script)
• -อ (Thai script)
• -ཨ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨀 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Sanskrit -अ (-a)

From Proto-Indo-European *-os. Cognate with Ancient Greek -ος (-os) and Latin -us.

Suffix

-अ • (-a) m

1. creates action nouns from roots

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -अ (-a)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-अः -aḥ	-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹	-आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹
Vocative	-अ -a	-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹	-आः / -आसः¹ -āḥ / -āsaḥ¹
Accusative	-अम् -am	-औ / -आ¹ -au / -ā¹	-आन् -ān
Instrumental	-एन -ena	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-ऐः / -एभिः¹ -aiḥ / -ebhiḥ¹
Dative	-आय -āya	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ
Ablative	-आत् -āt	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ
Genitive	-अस्य -asya	-अयोः -ayoḥ	-आनाम् -ānām
Locative	-ए -e	-अयोः -ayoḥ	-एषु -eṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of -अ (-a)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-अम् -am	-ए -e	-आनि / -आ¹ -āni / -ā¹
Vocative	-अ -a	-ए -e	-आनि / -आ¹ -āni / -ā¹
Accusative	-अम् -am	-ए -e	-आनि / -आ¹ -āni / -ā¹
Instrumental	-एन -ena	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-ऐः / -एभिः¹ -aiḥ / -ebhiḥ¹
Dative	-आय -āya	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ
Ablative	-आत् -āt	-आभ्याम् -ābhyām	-एभ्यः -ebhyaḥ
Genitive	-अस्य -asya	-अयोः -ayoḥ	-आनाम् -ānām
Locative	-ए -e	-अयोः -ayoḥ	-एषु -eṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Derived terms

Sanskrit terms suffixed with -अ