ạ

See also: Ạ and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ạ U+1EA1, ạ LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̣ [U+0323] ← Ạ [U+1EA0] Latin Extended Additional Ả → [U+1EA2]

English

Symbol

ạ

1. (lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

ạ (uppercase Ạ)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˨]

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Etymology 1

Letter

ạ (lower case, upper case Ạ)

1. The letter a with the underdot.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Etymology 2

Particle

ạ • (𠶚)

1. (usually polite) Used at the end of the sentence to express formality or politeness, usually to older people

   Chào cụ ạ.

   How do you do? (to an elderly male person)

Verb

ạ • (𠶚)

1. to use the particle ạ when speaking to someone

   Con hư quá! Phải ạ chú đi chứ!

   That's not polite of you! Don't forget to use ạ!