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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],and1[U+0031 DIGIT ONE]
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Acehnese • Arabic • Balti • Burushaski • Chinese • Egyptian Arabic • Gujarati • Kashmiri • Kazakh • Khowar • Kyrgyz • Malay • North Levantine Arabic • Old Ruthenian • Pahari-Potwari • Pashto • Persian • Punjabi • Sindhi • Urdu • Yoruba
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اU+0627,ا
ARABIC LETTER ALEF
ئ
[U+0626]
Arabicب
[U+0628]
Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
اـاـاا
U+FE8D,ﺍ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF ISOLATED FORM

[U+FE8C]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE8E]
U+FE8E,ﺎ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF FINAL FORM

[U+FE8D]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE8F]

Acehnese

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ا (aléh) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Acehnesealphabet, written in theArabic script.

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Arabic

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Etymology 1

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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.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا /‍ا (ʔalif) (no case)

  1. 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.

Descendants

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Symbol

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ا (ʔalif)

  1. The firstnumeralsymbol of the Arabicalphabet (traditionalabjad order, used for list numbering), written in theArabic script; followed byب(b).

Pronunciation

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Afterfatha:ـَاIPA(key): /aː/

(word initially):

Combined withfatha:اَIPA(key): /a/

Combined withkasra:اِIPA(key): /i/

Combined withdamma:اُIPA(key): /u/

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Balti

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Pronunciation

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ا (transliteration needed) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Baltialphabet, written in theArabic script.

Burushaski

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (aa) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Burushaskialphabet, written in theArabic script.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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اُ (u)

  1. they; third-personplural pronoun

References

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  • Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “u”, inBurushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published2017.

Chinese

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Pronunciation

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ا (no case)

  1. The firstletter of theXiao'erjingabjad, written in theArabic script.

Egyptian Arabic

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Etymology

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FromArabicا.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (ā, a, u, i) (no case)

  1. الف(álif): the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, namedAlif,Alef orAleph
    اموتamūtI die
    اوكازيونukazyōndiscount
    انتintayou (masculine singular)
    ماتmātto die

Alternative forms

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While the distinction is made in literary Arabic, the colloquial language uses these word-initial forms with thehamza interchangeably:

Gujarati

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ا (alif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of theLisan ud-Dawatabjad, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Kashmiri

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Pronunciation

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

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ا (a,ā) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Kashmirialphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabicا
CyrillicА,а/Ә,ә
LatinA,a/Ä,ä

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (a, ä) (no case,Cyrillic equivalentАorаorӘorә)

  1. The firstletter of the Kazakhalphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Usage notes

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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.

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  • ٵ (front-vowel word-initial variant.

Khowar

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Pronunciation

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ا (ālif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Khowaralphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byآ.

Kyrgyz

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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ا (alif) (no case,Cyrillic equivalentАorа)

  1. The firstletter of the Kyrgyzalphabet, written in theArabic script.

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Malay

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MalayWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediams

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا /‍ا (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Malayalphabet, written in theArabic script.

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North Levantine Arabic

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Suffix

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ـا (-a, -wa, -yaf

  1. alternative spelling ofـهاwhen it is not pronounced as “-ha”

Old Ruthenian

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Letter

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ا (no case)[1]

  1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica)Aletter of the Old Ruthenianalphabet, written in theArabic script.

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References

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  1. ^Antonovich (1968),page 193: “ا

Pahari-Potwari

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /ə.lɪf/
  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /ə/,/ɑː/,/äː/,/∅/

Letter

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ا (alif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Pahari-Potwarialphabet, written in theShahmukhi script; followed byب(b).

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Pashto

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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ا (alíf) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Pashtoalphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Usage notes

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  • 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/.

Persian

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ـاorا (âor)

  1. The firstletter of the Persianalphabet, calledاَلِف(alef) and written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Usage notes

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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.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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ا (a)

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

Further reading

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Punjabi

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromClassical Persianا(alif), fromArabicا(ʔalif).

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /ə.lɪf/
  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /ə/,/aː/,[äː],/∅/

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ا (alif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Punjabialphabet, written in theShahmukhi script; followed byب(b).

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Sindhi

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key): /aːlif/
  • (phoneme):IPA(key): /aː/,/ʔ/

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ا (alif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Sindhialphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

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Urdu

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Etymology 1

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ا (ālif) (no case)

  1. The firstletter of the Urdualphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.

Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromSanskritअ-(a-).

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Prefix

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اـ (a-)(Hindi spellingअ-)

  1. Anegating prefix.non-,un-,a-,an-, etc.
    Synonyms:غَیرـ(ġair-),ناـ(nā-)
Usage notes
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This form is used before words that begin with consonants.

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CategoryUrdu terms prefixed with ا not found

Yoruba

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ا (transliteration needed) (no case,Latin equivalenta)

  1. The firstletter of the Yorubaalphabet, written in theArabic script; followed byب.
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