𑀅

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𑀅	U+11005, 𑀅 BRAHMI LETTER A

Translingual

Glyph origin

Possibly from Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), although this is debated. Compare Hebrew א.

Letter

𑀅 (a)

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)

and
also, moreover

References

Woolner, Alfred Cooper, An Introduction to Prakrit‎, Calcutta: Baptist Mission Press, 1917, page 11.
Sheth, Hargovind Das T (1923-1928) “अ”, in पाइअ-सद्द-महण्णवो (in Hindi), Calcutta: .

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