See also: ـا ,
أ [U+0623 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE] ,
ٵ [U+0675 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA ALEF] ,
اً ,
ٱ [U+0671 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA] ,
آ [U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE] ,
إ [U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW] ,
ا- ,
I [U+0049 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I] ,
l [U+006C LATIN SMALL LETTER L] , and 1 [U+0031 DIGIT ONE]
ا (aléh )
The firstletter of the Acehnesealphabet , written in theArabic script . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Arabic script letters :حرف ( haraih, harah ) (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 ] From theNabataean Aramaic letter𐢁 ( l ,“ aleph ” ) , derived from thePhoenician letter𐤀 ( l ,“ ālef ” ) , from theEgyptian hieroglyph𓃾 . See also Classical Syriacܐ ( l ,“ ālef ” ) , Hebrewא ( l ,“ alef ” ) , Ancient GreekΑ ( A ) , LatinA .
ا /ا • (ʔalif )
Although usually considered to be the first letter of theArabic alphabet, the smallhamza (ء ( ʔ ) ) that sits on top ofأ ( 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 calledأَلِف ( ʔalif ) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a precedinga . ا • (ʔalif )
The first letter in traditionalabjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals ). It is followed byب ( b ) . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Afterfatha : ـَا —IPA (key ) : /aː/
( word initially ) :
Combined withfatha : اَ —IPA (key ) : /a/
Combined withkasra : اِ —IPA (key ) : /i/
Combined withdamma : اُ —IPA (key ) : /u/
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 ] أ ( ʔ ) إ ( ʔ ) آ ( ʔā ) ى ٱ ـٰ Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet Search for entries beginning withا ا (transliteration needed )
The firstletter of theBalti alphabet , written in thePerso-Arabic script ا (aa )
The firstletter of theBurushaski alphabet , written in thePerso-Arabic script اُ (u )
they ; third-personplural pronounBechtholdt, Astrid (2025 ), “u ”, inBurushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary) , Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published2017 .ا
The first letter of theXiao'erjing abjad. FromArabic ا .
ا • (ā, a, u, i )
الف ( álif ) : the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, namedAlif ,Alef orAleph ا موت ―a mūt ―I die ا وكازيون ―u kazyōn ―discount ا نت ―i nta ―you (masculine singular) ما ت ―mā t ―to die While the distinction is made in literary Arabic, the colloquial language uses these word-initial forms with thehamza interchangeably:
ا • (alif )
The first letter of theLisan ud-Dawat abjad Isolated form Final form ا ـا
ا • (a,ā )
The first letter of the traditional alphabet chart ofKashmiri . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /æˈlip/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ɑ/ ( back ) ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /æ/ ( front ) ا • (a, ä )
The first letter of theKazakh in Arabic Script. It represents theCyrillic letterА orӘ . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Represents the back-vowel sound /ɑ/, unless a smallء 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 :әріптер ( ärıpter ) (alphabet appendix ,script appendix ): 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 [edit ] ا (ālif )
The first letter of theKhowar abjad. Isolated form Final form ا ـا
ا • (alif )
The first letter of theKyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents theCyrillic letterА Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Arabic script letters :тамга лар( 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 ] ( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) : [alef] ( Phoneme ) IPA (key ) : [ä] ,[ɐ] ,[ə] ا /ا
The firstletter of the Malayalphabet , written in theArabic 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 ] North Levantine Arabic [ edit ] ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya ) f
alternative spelling ofـها when it is not pronounced as “-ha” ا [ 1]
( Middle Belarusian Arabica ) Theletter of the Old Ruthenianalphabet , written in theArabic script . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Arabic script letters (script appendix ): ا ,ب ,پ ,ت ,ث ,ج ,چ ,ح ,د ,ࢮ ,ر ,ز ,ژ ,ش ,ࢯ ,ص ,ض ,ط ,ع ,غ ,ف ,ق ,ك ,ل ,م ,ن ,ه ,و ,ي (خ ,ذ ,ڛ ,س ,ظ ,ء ) [edit ] ( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ə.lɪf/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ə/ ,/ɑː/ ,/äː/ ,/∅/ ا (alif )
The first letter ofPahari-Pothwari written in theShahmukhi script. Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Shahmukhi script letters (script appendix ): ا ,ب ,پ ,ت ,ٹ ,ث ,ج ,چ ,ح ,خ ,د ,ڈ ,ذ ,ر ,ڑ ,ز ,ژ ,س ,ش ,ص ,ض ,ط ,ظ ,ع ,غ ,ف ,ق ,ک ,گ ,ل ,م ,ن ,ݨ ,ں ,و ,ہ ,ھ ,ء ,ی ,ے [edit ] ا • (alíf )
The first letter of thePashto alphabet . Isolated form Final form ا ـا
At the start of the word, the letterا (alif) represents the consonant/ʔ/ . In the middle or end of a word,ا represents the vowel/ɑ/ . ـا or ا • (â or ∅ )
The first letter of thePerso-Arabic alphabet . Its name isاَلِف ( alef ) . All word-initial vowels are proceeded by a glottal stop which is represented by anا . However in medial and final positions it is not a glottal stop and instead represents the phoneme /ɑː/~/ɒː/. If a word-initialا is representing the sound [ʔɑː]~[ʔɒː] it's usually written asآ .
ا • (a )
( dialectal , Hamadan, Herati ) from ,since FromClassical Persian ا ( alif ) , fromArabic ا ( ʔalif ) .
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /ə.lɪf/ ( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /ə/ ,/aː/ ,[äː] ,/∅/ ا • (alif )
The first letter of thePunjabi written in theShahmukhi script. Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Shahmukhi script letters :اکّھر (script appendix ): ا ,ب ,پ ,ت ,ٹ ,ث ,ج ,چ ,ح ,خ ,د ,ڈ ,ذ ,ر ,ڑ ,ز ,ژ ,س ,ش ,ص ,ض ,ط ,ظ ,ع ,غ ,ف ,ق ,ک ,گ ,ل ,ࣇ ,م ,ن ,ݨ ,ں ,ہ ,و ,ی ,ے [edit ] ا • (alif )
The first letter of theSindhi abjad. Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Arabic script letters :اکر ( akharu ) (script appendix ): ا ,ب ,ٻ ,ڀ ,ت ,ٿ ,ٽ ,ٺ ,ث ,پ ,ج ,ڄ ,جھ ,ڃ ,چ ,ڇ ,ح ,خ ,د ,ڌ ,ڏ ,ڊ ,ڍ ,ذ ,ر ,ڙ ,ڙھ ,ز ,س ,ش ,ص ,ض ,ط ,ظ ,ع ,غ ,ف ,ڦ ,ق ,ڪ ,ک ,گ ,ڳ ,گھ ,ڱ ,ل ,م ,ن ,ڻ ,و ,ه ,ء ,ي [edit ] Next letter:ب ا • (ālif )
The first letter of theUrdu abjad. Isolated form Final form ا ـا
Borrowed fromSanskrit अ- ( a- ) .
اـ • (a- )( Hindi spellingअ- )
Anegating prefix.non- ,un- ,a- ,an- , etc.Synonyms: غَیرـ ( ġair- ) ,ناـ ( nā- ) This form is used before words that begin with consonants.
CategoryUrdu terms prefixed with ا not found
ا (a )
The first letter of theYorùbá alphabet in theAjami Script. Isolated form Final form ا ـا