Arabic

Letter

آ • ‎(ʾalif madda)

1. Alif maddah. A double-alif used to write the sequence /ʔaː/.

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ləmba alif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

آ ‎(lambā ālif)

1. The first other alif letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

See also

• Previous letter: ا
• Next letter: أ

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alep'məd̪'ɑ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɑ/

Letter

آ • ‎(alifmadā)

1. alif with madda, a form of ا, the first letter of the Pashto alphabet

Persian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ɒː/

Letter

ﺁ / ﺁ / ﺂ / ﺂ • ‎(transliteration needed) (alef madde)

1. Alef-e madde
2. Â-ye bâ-kolâh (آی باکلاه = Alef with hat)

Usage notes

• Used word-initially to represent the phoneme /ɒː/.

See also

• ا
• Wikipedia article on the Perso-Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: آ

Verb

آ • ‎(â)

1. present stem form of آمدن.