आ

Etymology
From the Gupta letter (ā).

Letter

 * 1) The second letter and vowel of the Devanagari script.

Usage notes
Its matra, used to modify the inherent vowel in a consonant, is written ा. For example, the first consonant क with the matra looks like: का.

Conjunction

 * 1) and

Letter

 * 1) The second vowel in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari script

Pronunciation

 * The first three transcriptions are very common, but the fourth is the true phonetic value.
 * The first three transcriptions are very common, but the fourth is the true phonetic value.

Etymology
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Determiner

 * 1) that

Letter

 * 1) The second vowel in Marathi

Pronunciation

 * While the first transcription is very common, the second is the true phonetic value.
 * While the first transcription is very common, the second is the true phonetic value.

Letter

 * 1) The second vowel in Nepali.

Pronoun

 * 1) he, this

Determiner

 * 1) this

Etymology
From, from. Cognate with 🇨🇬 (whence 🇨🇬) and 🇨🇬. The final *d in the Proto-Indo-European term regularly alternated with *h₁, the latter appearing before certain consonants originally. Indo-Iranian languages generalized the form ending in *h₁ and other fellow Indo-European languages generalized the form ending in *d.

Postposition

 * 1) With senses determined by the accusative case:
 * 2)  near to, towards, to
 * 3)  for
 * 4) With senses determined by the ablative case:
 * 5)  from
 * 6)  out of, from among
 * 7)  in, at, on
 * 1)  out of, from among
 * 2)  in, at, on
 * 1)  out of, from among
 * 2)  in, at, on
 * 1)  in, at, on

Preposition

 * 1)  up to ... exclusively
 * 2) With senses determined by the ablative case
 * 3)  up to, to, as far as
 * 4)  from
 * 1)  from
 * 1)  from
 * 1)  from
 * 1)  from

Ambiposition

 * 1)  from (X) to (Y)

Letter

 * 1) Used to represent the [ɑ~ʌ] sound in Sherpa.