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Khmer
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Particle
អា • (ʼaa)
- derogatory or colloquial particle.
Usage notes
Particle used before nouns and noun phrases giving them a derogatory or very familiar meaning.
- អាអត់ពូជ ― ʼaa ʼɑt puuc ― son of a bitch!
It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys.
- អាវ៉ា ― ʼaa vaa ― term of address for boys
It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed. When preceding adjectives or demonstratives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.
- អានេះ, អានោះ ― ʼaa nih , · ʼaa nuh ― this one, that one
Etymology 2
Verb
អា • (ʼaa) (abstract noun ការអា)
- Alternative form of អារ (ʼaa): to saw
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
- আ (Assamese script)
- ᬆ (Balinese script)
- আ (Bengali script)
- 𑰁 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀆 (Brahmi script)
- အာ (Burmese script)
- आ (Devanagari script)
- આ (Gujarati script)
- ਆ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌆 (Grantha script)
- ꦄꦴ (Javanese script)
- 𑂄 (Kaithi script)
- ಆ (Kannada script)
- ອາ (Lao script)
- ആ (Malayalam script)
- ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
- 𑘁 (Modi script)
- ᠠ᠋ᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦡 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐁 (Newa script)
- ଆ (Odia script)
- ꢃ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆄 (Sharada script)
- 𑖁 (Siddham script)
- ආ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩐𑩛 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚁 (Takri script)
- ஆ (Tamil script)
- ఆ (Telugu script)
- อา (Thai script)
- ཨཱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒂 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨀𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)
Preposition
អា • (ā́)
- Alternative form of आ (ā, “as far as”)
900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
* Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.- vimardayanti ye bhūmi
dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
te sarvvanarake yāntu
yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥ - May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.