𑀅

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

Translingual

Glyph origin

Possibly from Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), 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: 𑦠 (a)
  • Kalinga:
    • Odia: ଅ (ô)
  • Siddham: 𑖀, (a)
    • Traditional Assamese:
    • Bengali: অ (o)
    • Tibetan: ཨ (a)
  • Nepali scripts:
    • Ranjana: (a)
      • Soyombo: (a)
  • Sharada: 𑆃 (a)
    • Landa scripts:
      • Gurmukhi: ਅ (a)
    • Devashesha:
      • Dogra: 𑠀 (a)
      • Takri: 𑚀 (a)
• 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 (ʼɑɑ)
      • Lao:
      • Thai: อ (ɔɔ)
  • Tamil: அ (a)
  • Tamil-Brahmi:
  • Vatteluttu:
• Tocharian: (a)

Prakrit

Alternative forms

• 𑀬 (ya)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit च (ca). Cognate with Pali ca.

Conjunction

𑀅 (a) (Devanagari अ)

1. and
2. also, moreover

References

• Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 11.
• Sheth, Hargovind Das T[rikamcand] (1923-1928) “अ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो [Pāia-Sadda-Mahaṇṇavo; lit. Ocean of Prakrit words] (in Hindi), Calcutta: [Published by the Author].