आ
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Translingual
Etymology
From the Gupta letter (ā).
Letter
आ (ā)
- 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
आ (ā) (Kaithi 𑂄)
- and
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əː/, [əː]
Letter
आ • (ā)
- The second vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aː/, /a/, /ɑː/, [äː]
- The first three transcriptions are very common, but the fourth is the true phonetic value.
Audio (file)
Letter
आ • (ā)
- the second vowel of Hindi
See also
- (matra): ा (ā)
- (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]
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a/
Audio (file)
Letter
आ • (ā)
- The second vowel in Marathi
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: आ
- While the first transcription is very common, the second is the true phonetic value.
Letter
आ • (ā)
- The second vowel in Nepali.
Old Gujarati
Pronoun
आ • (ā)
- he, this
Determiner
आ • (ā)
- this
Descendants
- Gujarati: આ (ā)
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ᬆ (Balinese script)
- আ (Assamese script)
- আ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌆 (Grantha script)
- આ (Gujarati script)
- ਆ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄꦴ (Javanese script)
- អា (Khmer script)
- ಆ (Kannada script)
- ອາ (Lao script)
- ആ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘁 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- အာ (Burmese script)
- 𑦡 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁 (Newa script)
- ଆ (Oriya script)
- ꢃ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁 (Siddham script)
- ආ (Sinhalese script)
- ఆ (Telugu script)
- อา (Thai script)
- ཨཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂 (Tirhuta script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *at (whence English at) and Latin ad. The final *d in the Proto-Indo-European term regularly alternated with *h₁, the latter appearing before certain consonants originally. Sanskrit generalized the form ending in *h₁ and its fellow Indo-European cognates generalized the form ending in *d.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɑː/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɑː/
Adverb
आ • (ā́)
- (Vedic) separated form of आ- (ā-)
Postposition
आ • (ā́)
- With senses determined by the accusative case:
- (+ accusative) near to, towards, to
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- (+ accusative) for
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- (+ accusative) near to, towards, to
- With senses determined by the ablative case:
- (+ ablative) from
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- (+ ablative) out of, from among
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- (+ ablative) from
- (+locative) in, at, on
Preposition
आ • (ā́)
- (+ accusative) up to ... exclusively
- c. 700 BCE – 500 BCE, Aitareya Brāhmaṇa
- With senses determined by the ablative case
- (+ ablative) up to, to, as far as
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- c. 1200 BCE – 1000 BCE, Atharvaveda
- 900-1100 AD; copied later, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:
- វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
* Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.- vimardayanti ye bhūmi
dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
te sarvvanarake yāntu
yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥ - May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.
- vimardayanti ye bhūmi
- (+ ablative) from
- c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda
- (+ ablative) up to, to, as far as
References
- Garnier, Romain (2014), “Nouvelles réflexions sur l’effet-Kortlandt”, in Glotta (in French), volume 90, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 140-160
Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑ~ʌ]
Letter
आ (ā)
- Used to represent the [ɑ~ʌ] sound in Sherpa.