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See also: ا [U+0627 ARABIC LETTER ALEF], ٵ [U+0675 ARABIC LETTER HIGH HAMZA ALEF], اً, ٱ [U+0671 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WASLA], آ [U+0622 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE], إ [U+0625 ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH HAMZA BELOW], and ا-
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Arabic
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Combined with fatha: أَ :
Combined with damma: أُ :
Letter
أ / أ • (ʔ)
See also
Etymology 2
From former هَـ (ha-), from Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).
Particle
أَ • (ʔa-)
- introduces a positive yes-no question
- Synonym: هَل (hal)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 96:9-12:
- أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (9) عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ (10) أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ (11) أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ (12)
- ʔaraʔayta llaḏī yanhā (9) ʕabdan ʔiḏā ṣallā (10) ʔaraʔayta ʔin kāna ʕalā l-hudā (11) ʔaw ʔamara bi-t-taqwā (12)
- 9 Hast thou seen the one who scoldeth 10 this worshipper when he prayeth? 11 Hast thou looked at whether he is rightly guided, 12 or whether he preacheth righteousness?
- introduces a negative yes-no question
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 89:6-8:
- أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ (6) إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ (7) الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ (8)
- ʔalam tara kayfa faʕala rabbuka biʕādin (6) ʔirama ḏāti l-ʕimādi (7) allatī lam yuḵlaq miṯluhā fī l-bilādi (8)
- 6 Hast thou not seen what thy Lord did to ʿĀd? 7 ʾIram, with its pillars, 8 the like of which had never been created before!
- indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions
- Synonym: (sometimes proscribed) هَل (hal)
- indicates an inclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 63:6:
- سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُمْ
- sawāʔun ʕalayhim ʔa-staḡfarta lahum ʔam lam tastaḡfir lahum lan yaḡfira llāhu lahum
- It is the same whether thou prayest for their forgiveness or not: Allah will not forgive them.
- vocative particle
Usage notes
Alternative forms
References
- Tropper, Josef (2003), “Sekundäres wortanlautendes Alif im Arabischen”, in Kogan, Leonid, editor, Studia Semitica (Orientalia: Papers of the Oriental Institute; III), Moscow, →ISBN, page 200
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Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
أ • (ạ) (Devanagari ॳ, Devanagari ॲ)
Forms
The vowel أ in its initial form is أ , middle form ٔ and final form ٔ
See also
Khowar
Pronunciation
Letter
أ (hamzā ālif)
- The second other alif letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms
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Kyrgyz
Letter
أ
- The first letter of the Kyrgyz alphabet.
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Malay
Letter
أ
- The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
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Persian
Letter
أ • (alef)
- The first letter of the Persian alphabet.
See also
Ushojo
Pronunciation
Letter
أ (hamza alif)
- The second letter of the Ushojo abjad.
See also
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