U+0906, आ
DEVANAGARI LETTER AA

[U+0905]
Devanagari
[U+0907]

Translingual

Etymology

From the Gupta letter (ā).

Letter

(ā)

  1. The second letter and vowel of the Devanagari script.

Usage notes

Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant, is written ा. For example, the first consonant क with the matra looks like: का.


Bhojpuri

Conjunction

(ā) (Kaithi 𑂄)

  1. and

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aː/, /a/, /ɑː/, [äː]
  • The first three transcriptions are very common, but the fourth is the true phonetic value.

Letter

(ā)

  1. The second vowel of Hindi.

See also


Old Gujarati

Pronoun

(ā)

  1. he, this

Determiner

(ā)

  1. this

Descendants

  • Gujarati: (ā)
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