अ
अ - Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ə/
Letter
अ (a)
- The first letter and first vowel of the Devanagari script.
Usage notes
This letter only appears at the beginning of words or after another vowel, since the vowel it represents is always assumed to follow any consonant letter unless specifically noted otherwise with another vowel matra or with a virama.
अ - Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ə]
Letter
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script.
अ - Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA: /ə/
Letter
अ • (a)
- the first vowel of Hindi, written in the Devanagari script; inherent after consonants
- कह kaha
अ - Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ə/
Letter
अ • (a)
अ - Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: अ
Letter
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Nepali, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
अ - Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- ᬅ (Balinese script)
- অ (Assamese script)
- অ (Bengali script)
- 𑰀 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀅 (Brahmi script)
- 𑌅 (Grantha script)
- અ (Gujarati script)
- ਅ (Gurmukhi script)
- ꦄ (Javanese script)
- អ (Khmer script)
- ಅ (Kannada script)
- ອ (Lao script)
- അ (Malayalam script)
- 𑘀 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
- ᠠ (Manchu script)
- အ (Burmese script)
- 𑦠 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐀 (Newa script)
- ଅ (Oriya script)
- ꢂ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆃 (Sharada script)
- 𑖀 (Siddham script)
- අ (Sinhalese script)
- అ (Telugu script)
- อ (Thai script)
- ཨ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒁 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA: /ɐ/
- (Classical) IPA: /ɐ/
Letter
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Sanskrit, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
Derived terms
- अकार (akāra)
Interjection
अ • (a)
Pronoun
अ • (a)
Declension
| Declension of अ | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom. sg. | अः (aḥ) | ||
| Gen. sg. | अस्य (asya) | ||
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | अः (aḥ) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
| Vocative | अ (a) | औ (au) | आः (āḥ) |
| Accusative | अम् (am) | औ (au) | आन् (ān) |
| Instrumental | एन (ena) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | ऐः (aiḥ) |
| Dative | आय (āya) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
| Ablative | आत् (āt) | आभ्याम् (ābhyām) | एभ्यः (ebhyaḥ) |
| Genitive | अस्य (asya) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | आनाम् (ānām) |
| Locative | ए (e) | अयोः (ayoḥ) | एसु (esu) |