أ
See also: ا [U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF], 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], and ا-
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Arabic
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editCombined with fatha: أَ :
Combined with damma: أُ :
Letter
editأ / أ • (ʔ)
- The first letter of the Arabic alphabet is the small hamza (ء) that sits on top of أ, and the tall column is its bearer. The composite letter is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and the hamza represents a glottal stop (/ʔ/). (See also ا.) It is followed by ب (b).
See also
edit- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
- ا, إ (ʔ)
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Etymology 2
editFrom former هَـ (ha-), from Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).
Particle
editأَ • (ʔa-)
- introduces a positive yes-no question
- Synonym: هَل (hal)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:9-12:
- أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (9) عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ (10) أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ (11) أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ (12)
- ʔaraʔayta allaḏī 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?
- introduces a negative yes-no question
- 609–632 CE, 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!
- indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions
- Synonym: (sometimes proscribed) هَل (hal)
- indicates an inclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 63:6:
- سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُمْ
- sawāʔun ʕalayhim ʔa-staḡfarta lahum ʔam lam tastaḡfir lahum lan yaḡfira llāhu lahum
- It is the same whether thou prayest for their forgiveness or not: Allah will not forgive them.
Usage notes
editAlternative forms
editReferences
edit- Tropper, Josef (2003) “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 200
Kashmiri
editPronunciation
editLetter
editأ • (ạ) (Devanagari ॳ, Devanagari ॲ)
Forms
editThe vowel أ in its initial form is أ , middle form ٔ and final form ٔ
See also
editKhowar
editPronunciation
editLetter
editأ (hamzā ālif)
- The second other alif letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms
editIsolated form | Final form |
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أ | ـأ |
See also
editKyrgyz
editLetter
editأ
- The first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet.
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editMalay
editLetter
editأ
- The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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editPersian
editLetter
editأ • (alef)
- The first letter of the Persian alphabet.
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editUshojo
editPronunciation
editLetter
editأ (hamza alif)
- The second letter of the Ushojo abjad.
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