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Translingual
Etymology
Ultimately from Brahmi 𑀅 (a).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /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.
Hindi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ə/
Letter
अ • (a)
- The first vowel of Hindi, written in the Devanagari script. Inherent after consonants.
- कह
- kaha
See also
- (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, ष़ (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
Sanskrit
Pronunciation
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) |
References
- Sir Monier Monier-Williams (1898) A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 0001
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