𑀅

𑀅	U+11005, 𑀅 BRAHMI LETTER A

← 𑀄
[U+11004]

Brahmi

𑀆 →
[U+11006]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Possibly from Aramaic 𐡀‎ (ʾ), although this is debated. Compare Hebrew א‎.

Letter

𑀅 (a)

the first vowel of the Brahmi script

Usage notes

This character also has the form .

Descendants

Gupta: , , , (a)
- Nagari: (a)
  - Devanagari: अ (a)
    - Modi: 𑘁 (a)
  - Gujarati: અ (a)
  - Nandinagari:
- Kalinga:
  - Odia: ଅ (a)
- Siddham: (a)
  - Bengali: অ (ô)
  - Tibetan: ཨ (a)
- Nepali scripts:
  - Ranjana: (a)
    - Soyombo: (a)
- Sharada: (a)
  - Landa scripts:
    - Gurmukhi: ਅ (a)
  - Devashesha:
    - Takri:
Southern Brahmi:
- Bhattiprolu:
  - Telugu: అ (a)
- Kadamba:
  - Kannada: ಅ (a)
- Grantha: 𑌅 (a)
  - Pallava: (a)
    - Malayalam: അ (a)
    - Sinhala: අ (a)
  - Kawi:
    - Javanese: ꦄ (a)
    - Sundanese: ᮃ (a)
  - Khmer: អ (ʾɑɑ)
    - Lao:
    - Thai: อ (ɔɔ)
- Tamil: அ (a)
- †Tamil-Brahmi:
- Vatteluttu:
Tocharian: (a)

Maharastri Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit च (ca), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe.

Conjunction

𑀅 (a)

and
also, moreover

References

Alfred C. Woolner (1917) An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 11

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