आ
आ - Translingual
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.
आ - Bhojpuri
Conjunction
आ (ā) (Kaithi 𑂄)
आ - Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əː/, [əː]
Letter
आ • (ā)
- The second vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script
आ - Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /aː/, /a/, /ɑː/, [äː]
- The first three transcriptions are very common, but the fourth is the true phonetic value.
Letter
आ • (ā)
आ - Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA: /a/
Letter
आ • (ā)
आ - Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ä]
- Phonetic Devanagari: आ
- While the first transcription is very common, the second is the true phonetic value.
Letter
आ • (ā)
Verb
आ • (ā)
- low-respectful second-person singular imperative of आउनु (āunu)
आ - Old Gujarati
Pronoun
आ • (ā)
Determiner
आ • (ā)
Descendants
- Gujarati: આ (ā)
आ - Sanskrit
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)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA: /ɑː/
- (Classical) IPA: /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
- (+ accusative) for
- With senses determined by the ablative case:
- (+ ablative) from
- (+ ablative) out of, from among
- (+locative) in, at, on
Preposition
आ • (ā́)
- (+ accusative) up to ... exclusively
- With senses determined by the ablative case
- (+ ablative) up to, to, as far as
- (+ ablative) from
Ambiposition
आ • (ā́)
- (+(X)ablative ā́ +(Y)ablative) from (X) to (Y)
आ - Sherpa
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ɑ~ʌ]
Letter
आ (ā)
- Used to represent the [ɑ~ʌ] sound in Sherpa.