أ

See also: ا‎ [U+0627 ARABIC LETTER 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-‎
أ U+0623, أ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE
Composition:ا [U+0627] + ◌ٔ [U+0654]
← آ
[U+0622] 		Arabic ؤ →
[U+0624]
ﺃ U+FE83, ﺃ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM
← ﺂ
[U+FE82] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺄ →
[U+FE84]
ﺄ U+FE84, ﺄ
ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA ABOVE FINAL FORM
← ﺃ
[U+FE83] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺅ →
[U+FE85]

Arabic

Pronunciation

Combined with fatha: أَ : /ʔa/

Combined with damma: أُ : /ʔu/

Letter

أ / ‍أ • (ʾ)

  1. 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 (ʾalif) and the hamza represents a glottal stop (/ʔ/). (See also ا‎.) It is followed by ب‎ (b).

See also
  • (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)

Particle

أَ • (ʾa-)

  1. Initial interrogative particle that indicates a yes-or-no question. It’s written together with the following word as all one letter words. Often used in the negative, e.g. أَلَا‎ (ʾa-lā, “isn't, doesn't”), أَلَيْسَ‎ (ʾa-laysa, “isn't, doesn't”).

Synonyms

Alternative forms

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /həmza alif/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /a/

Letter

أ (hamzā ālif)

  1. The second other alif letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms
Isolated formFinal form
أـأ

See also
  • Previous letter: ﺁ‎
  • Next letter: ب‎

Kyrgyz

Letter

أ • (أ)

  1. The first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet.

See also
  • (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ا), ب‎ (ب), پ‎ (پ), ﻥ‎ (ﻥ), ﺕ‎ (ﺕ), ﺝ‎ (ﺝ), ﭺ‎ (ﭺ), ﺡ‎ (ﺡ), ﻑ‎ (ﻑ), ﻕ‎ (ﻕ), ﻉ‎ (ﻉ), ك‎ (ك), گ‎ (گ), ڭ‎ (ڭ), ﻝ‎ (ﻝ), ﻡ‎ (ﻡ), و‎ (و), ۅ‎ (ۅ), ۉ‎ (ۉ), ﯗ‎ (ﯗ), ﯞ‎ (ﯞ), ﺱ‎ (ﺱ), ﺵ‎ (ﺵ), ﺩ‎ (ﺩ), ﺭ‎ (ﺭ), ﺯ‎ (ﺯ), ﻩ‎ (ﻩ), ﻯ‎ (ﻯ), ﯗﺀ‎ (ﯗﺀ), ﻰﺋ‎ (ﻰﺋ), ﻲ‎ (ﻲ), ﻯ‎ (ﻯ), ء‎ (ء), يۋ‎ (يۋ), ﻻ‎ (ﻻ),

Malay

Letter

أ

  1. The first letter of the malay alphabet, written in the arabic script.

See also

Persian

Letter

أ • (alef)

  1. The first letter of the Persian alphabet.

See also

Punjabi

Letter

أ • (أ)

  1. The first letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the arabic script.

See also

Similar to Urdu alphabet

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