ʾ-

Middle Persian

Alternative forms

• ʾn- (an-)

Etymology

From Old Persian, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Sanskrit अ- (a-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a/

Suffix

ʾ- • (a-)

1. A privative prefix: un-, -less

Descendants

• Persian: نا (nâ-)

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “a-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1