ʾ-

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Middle Persian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Persian, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. Cognate with Sanskrit अ- (a-).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

ʾ- (a-)

  1. A privative prefix: un-, -less

Descendants[edit]

  • Persian: نا (nâ-)

References[edit]

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “a-”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 1