अ
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TranslingualEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Brahmi 𑀅 (a).
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ (a)
- The first letter and first vowel of the Devanagari script.
Usage notesEdit
This letter only appears at the beginning of words or after another vowel, since the vowel it represents is always assumed to follow any consonant letter unless specifically noted otherwise with another vowel matra or with a virama.
DhivehiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script.
HindiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ • (a)
- the first vowel of Hindi, written in the Devanagari script; inherent after consonants
- कह kaha
See alsoEdit
- (Devanagari script letters) अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
MarathiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ • (a)
NepaliEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Nepali, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
See alsoEdit
SanskritEdit
Alternative scriptsEdit
Alternative scripts
- ᬅ (Balinese script)
- অ (Assamese script)
- অ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅 (Grantha script)
- અ (Gujarati script)
- ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄ (Javanese script)
- អ (Khmer script)
- ಅ (Kannada script)
- ອ (Lao script)
- അ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠ (Manchu script)
- အ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀 (Newa script)
- ଅ (Oriya script)
- ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀 (Siddham script)
- අ (Sinhalese script)
- అ (Telugu script)
- อ (Thai script)
- ཨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁 (Tirhuta script)
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Sanskrit, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
Derived termsEdit
- अकार (akāra)
InterjectionEdit
अ • (a)
PronounEdit
अ • (a)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of अ | |||
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Nom. sg. | अः (aḥ) | ||
Gen. sg. | अस्य (asya) | ||
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | अः (aḥ) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
Vocative | अ (a) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
Accusative | अम् (am) | औ (au) | आन् (ān) |
Instrumental | एन (ena) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | ऐः (aiḥ) |
Dative | आय (āya) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
Ablative | आत् (āt) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
Genitive | अस्य (asya) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | आनाम् (ānām) |
Locative | ए (e) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | एसु (esu) |
ReferencesEdit
- Monier Williams (1899), “अ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0001.