ا

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

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.

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).

After fatha: ـَا — IPA^(key): /aː/

• عَار‎ (ʕār, “shame”)

Combined with fatha: اَ — IPA^(key): /ʔa/

• اَلْيَوْمَ‎ (al-yawma, “today”)

Combined with kasra: اِ — IPA^(key): /ʔi/

• اِبْن‎ (ibn, “son”)

Combined with damma: اُ — IPA^(key): /ʔu/

• اُكْتُبْ‎ (uktub, “write”)

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• أ‎ (ʔ)
• إ‎ (ʔ)
• آ‎ (ʔā)
• ى‎
• ٱ‎
• ـٰ‎
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• IPA^(key): /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/

ا (â)

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

• IPA^(key): /aː/, [aː]

ا

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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, [ɑ]

ا

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

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

ا • (a,ā)

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

• Next letter: ب‎ (b)

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

ا • (a, ä)

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

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.

• ٵ‎ (front-vowel word-initial variant.
• Next letter: ب‎
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب‎, پ‎, ﺕ‎, ﺝ‎, ﭺ‎, ﺡ‎, ﺩ‎, ﺭ‎, ﺯ‎, ﺱ‎, ﺵ‎, ﻉ‎, ﻑ‎, ﻕ‎, ك‎, گ‎, ڭ‎, ﻝ‎, ﻡ‎, ﻥ‎, ە‎, ھ‎, و‎, ۇ‎, ۋ‎, ۆ‎, ى‎, ي‎.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

ا (ālif)

1. The first letter of the Khowar abjad.

• Next letter: آ‎

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

ا • (alif)

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

• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب‎, پ‎, ﻥ‎, ﺕ‎, ﺝ‎, ﭺ‎, ﺡ‎, ﻑ‎, ﻕ‎, ﻉ‎, ك‎, گ‎, ڭ‎, ﻝ‎, ﻡ‎, و‎, ۅ‎, ۉ‎, ﯗ‎, ﯞ‎, ﺱ‎, ﺵ‎, ﺩ‎, ﺭ‎, ﺯ‎, ﻩ‎, ﻯ‎, ﯗﺀ‎, ﻰﺋ‎, ﻲ‎, ﻯ‎, ء‎, يۋ‎, ﻻ‎,

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

ا / ‍ا‎

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

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya) f

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

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

ا • (alif)

1. The first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

• 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/.

• Next letter: ب‎

• Phoneme:

  (Dari) IPA^(key): /ɑː/, /a/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/

  (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): /ɒː/, /æ/, /e/, /o/

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• Letter name:

  (Dari) IPA^(key): [alɪf], [alɛf]

  (Iranian Persian) IPA^(key): [ælef]

ا • (a, a, e, o)

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

The phonemes /a/, /ɪ/, and /ʊ/ no longer exist in Iranian Persian and should only be pronounced in Dari or Tajik. The short-vowels /a/, /ɪ/, /ʊ/, or /æ/, /e/, /o/ are only denoted with alef in the beginning of a word. If a word-initial Alef is representing the sound /ɑː/ or /ɒː/ it's usually written as آ

• Next letter: ب‎

From Arabic ـًا‎ (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending).

ـاً • (-an)

1. Used to form adverbs from nouns or adjectives.

• This suffix mostly occurs with Arabic loanwords, but it is used somewhat peculiarly in Persian. Firstly, it also written out after words which, in Arabic, end in the feminine suffix ـَة‎ (-a), e.g. نسبتاً‎ (nesbatan, “relatively”). More importantly, it may at times occur with native Persian words and with Arabic words in which the ending would be ungrammatical, e.g. ناچاراً‎ (nâčâran, “inevitably”), اقلاً‎ (aqallan, “at least”).

• IPA^(key): /æ/

ا • (a)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɒː/

ـا • (-â)

1. an adjective forming suffix
2. a noun forming suffix

• یا‎ (-yâ) (following a vowel)

• IPA^(key): /ɒː/

ـا • (-â)

1. (chiefly literary) a vocative suffix

   ‏خداوندا‎ ― xodâvandâ ― O Lord!

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /əlif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /äː/, /∅/

ا • (a)

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

• Next letter: ب‎ (b)
• (Shahmukhi script letters) ا (a), ب‎ (b), پ‎ (p), ت‎ (t), ٹ‎ (ṭ), ث‎ (s̱), ج‎ (j), چ‎ (c), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (x), د‎ (d), ڈ‎ (ḍ), ذ‎ (ẕ), ر‎ (r), ڑ‎ (ṛ), ز‎ (z), ژ‎ (ž), س‎ (s), ش‎ (ś), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ẓ), ط‎ (t̤), ظ‎ (z̤), ع‎ (ʻ), غ‎ (ġ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ک‎ (k), گ‎ (g), ل‎ (l), ࣇ‎ (ḷ), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ݨ‎ (ṇ), ں‎ (ṉ), ہ‎ (h), و‎ (v), ی‎ (y), ے‎ (e) ^{(Category: Punjabi letters)}

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

ا (ảlif)

1. The first letter of the Rajasthani abjad.

• Next letter: ب

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə.lɪf/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ə.lɪf/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /ʔ/
• (Deccani) IPA^(key): /ə/, /ɑː/, /ʔ/

ا • (ālif)

1. The first letter of the Urdu abjad.

• Next letter: ب‎

Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).

• انـ‎ (an-) (before vowels)

اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-‎)

1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc.

   Synonyms: غَیر‎ (ġair), ناـ‎ (nā-)

This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /a/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/

ا (a)

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

• Next letter: ب‎