أ U+0623,أ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE Composition: ا [U+0627] +◌ٔ [U+0654] ←آ [U+0622] Arabic ؤ → [U+0624]

• IPA^(key): /ʔ/

Combined withfatha:أَ :

• IPA^(key): /ʔa/

Combined withdamma:أُ :

• IPA^(key): /ʔu/

أ / ‍أ• (ʔ)

1. The first letter of theArabic alphabet is the smallhamza (ء) that sits on top ofأ, and the tall column is its bearer. The composite letter is calledأَلِف(ʔalif) and the hamza represents aglottal stop (/ʔ/). (See alsoا.) It is followed byب(b).

• Arabic script letters:حُرُوف(ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix,script appendix):ا,ب,ت,ث,ج,ح,خ,د,ذ,ر,ز,س,ش,ص,ض,ط,ظ,ع,غ,ف,ق,ك,ل,م,ن,ه,و,ي ^[edit]
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From formerهَـ(ha-), fromProto-Semitic*ha. Cognate toHebrewהֲ־(hă-).

أَ• (ʔa-)

1. introduces a positive yes-no question

   Synonym:هَل(hal)

   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,96:9-12:

     أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (9) عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ (10)أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ (11) أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ (12)

     ʔaraʔayta llaḏī yanhā (9) ʕabdan ʔiḏā ṣallā (10)ʔaraʔayta ʔin kāna ʕalā l-hudā (11) ʔaw ʔamara bi-t-taqwā (12)

     9 Hast thou seen the one who scoldeth 10 this worshipper when he prayeth? 11 Hast thou looked at whether he is rightly guided, 12 or whether he preacheth righteousness?

2. introduces a negative yes-no question
   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,89:6-8:

     أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ (6) إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ (7) الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ (8)

     ʔalam tara kayfa faʕala rabbuka biʕādin (6) ʔirama ḏāti l-ʕimādi (7) allatī lam yuḵlaq miṯluhā fī l-bilādi (8)

     6 Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did to ʿĀd? 7 ʾIram, with its pillars, 8 the like of which had never been created before!

3. indicates anexclusive disjunction withأَمْ(ʔam,“or”), as in alternative questions

   Synonym:(sometimes proscribed)هَل(hal)

   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,21:109:

     وَإِنْ أَدْرِيأَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ

     wa-ʔin ʔadrīʔa-qarībun ʔam baʕīdun mā tūʕadūna

     I know notwhether nigh or far is that which ye are promised.

4. indicates aninclusive disjunction withأَمْ(ʔam,“or”) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference
   • 609–632CE,Qur'an,63:6:

     سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْأَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُمْ

     sawāʔun ʕalayhimʔa-staḡfarta lahum ʔam lam tastaḡfir lahum lan yaḡfira llāhu lahum

     It is the samewhether thou prayest for their forgiveness or not: Allah will not forgive them.

5. vocative particle

• Unlikeهَلْ(hal),أَ(ʔa) precedesوَ(wa),فَـ(fa-), andثُمَّ(ṯumma):

  609–632CE,Qur'an,23:115:

  أَفَحَسِبْتُمْ أَنَّمَا خَلَقْنَاكُمْ عَبَثًا وَأَنَّكُمْ إِلَيْنَا لَا تُرْجَعُونَ

  ʔa-fa-ḥasibtum ʔannamā ḵalaqnākum ʕabaṯan wa-ʔannakum ʔilaynā lā turjaʕūna

  Thendid ye think that We created you uselessly and that to Us ye would not be returned?

• آ(ʔā) —used beforeاَلْ(al-)

• Tropper, Josef (2003) “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor,Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow,→ISBN, page200

• (letter name):IPA^(key): /amaːlɨ/
• (phoneme):IPA^(key): /ə/

أ• (ạ) (Devanagariॳ,Devanagariॲ)

1. avowel ofKashmiri.

The vowelأ in its initial form isأ , middle formٔ and final formٔ

• Previous vowel:آ(ā)
• Next vowel :ٲ(ạ̄)
• Vowel sign :ٔ (ạ)

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

أ (hamzā ālif)

1. The second other alif letter of theKhowar abjad.

• Previous letter:ﺁ
• Next letter:ب

أ

1. The first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet.

• Arabic script letters:тамгалар(tamgalar) (script appendix):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,ﺀ,ﺋ,ﻲ,ﻯ,ء,ۋ,ﻻ ^[edit]

أ

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

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix,script appendix):ا,ب,ت,ة,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]

أ• (alef)

1. The first letter of the Persian alphabet.

• Arabic script letters:حروف(horuf) (script appendix):ا,ب,پ,ت,ث,ج,چ,ح,خ,د,ذ,ر,ز,ژ,س,ش,ص,ض,ط,ظ,ع,غ,ف,ق,ک,گ,ل,م,ن,و,ه,ی ^[edit]

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

أ (hamza alif)

1. The second letter of theUshojo abjad.

• Previous letter:آ
• Next letter:ا

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