อา

See also: อ้า and อา.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		อา ɒ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	aa
	Royal Institute	a
(standard) IPA^(key)		/ʔaː˧/
Homophones edit		อาร์ อาว์

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʔaːᴬ (“father's younger sister”). Cognate with Lao ອາ (’ā).

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

อาว (aao)

อาว์

Noun

อา • (aa) (classifier คน)

younger brother or younger sister of one's father.
a title or term of address for any elderly person, especially that of relative age to a younger brother or younger sister of one's father.

See also

See also

น้า (náa, “younger brother or younger sister of one's mother”)
ป้า (bpâa, “elder sister of one's parent”)

ลุง (lung, “elder brother of one's parent”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

อา • (aa)

ah.

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