𑀅


𑀅 U+11005, 𑀅
BRAHMI LETTER A
← 𑀄
[U+11004] 		Brahmi 𑀆 →
[U+11006]

Translingual

Glyph origin

Possibly from Aramaic 𐡀‎, although this is debated. Compare Hebrew א‎.

Letter

𑀅 (a)

  1. the first vowel of the Brahmi script

Usage notes

This character also has the form .

Descendants

  • Gupta: , , , (a)
    • Nagari: (a)
      • Devanagari: अ (a)
        • Modi: 𑘁 (a)
      • Gujarati: અ (a)
      • Nandinagari:
    • Kalinga:
    • Siddham: (a)
      • Bengali: অ (ô)
      • Tibetan: ཨ (a)
    • Nepali scripts:
      • Ranjana: (a)
        • Soyombo: (a)
    • Sharada: (a)
      • Landa scripts:
        • Gurmukhi: ਅ (a)
      • Devashesha:
        • Takri:
  • Southern Brahmi:
    • Bhattiprolu:
      • Telugu: అ (a)
    • Kadamba:
      • Kannada: ಅ (a)
    • Grantha: 𑌅 (a)
      • Pallava: (a)
        • Malayalam: അ (a)
        • Sinhala: අ (a)
      • Kawi:
        • Javanese: ꦄ (a)
        • Sundanese: ᮃ (a)
      • Khmer: អ (ʾɑɑ)
        • Lao:
        • Thai: อ (ɔɔ)
    • Tamil: அ (a)
    • †Tamil-Brahmi:
    • Vatteluttu:
  • Tocharian: (a)

Maharastri Prakrit

Etymology

From Sanskrit च (ca), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ča (“and”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe.

Conjunction

𑀅 (a)

  1. and
  2. also, moreover

References

  • Alfred C. Woolner (1917) An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, page 11
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