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From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢁(l, “aleph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀(l, “ālef”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓃾. See also Classical Syriac ܐ(l, “ālef”), Hebrew א(l, “alef”), Ancient Greek Α(A), Latin A.
Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء(ʔ)) that sits on top of أ(ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف(ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a.
The first letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter А or Ә.
Forms
Isolated form
Final form
ا
ـا
Usage notes
Represents the back-vowel sound /ɑ/, unless a small ء is placed at the beginning of the word. In Kazakh, the Hamza marks that all vowels in the following word are fronted. If ا is the initial letter of a word and is representing a front vowel, it is combined with the hamza and the variant ٵ is used.
All word-initial vowels are proceeded by a glottal stop which is represented by an ا. However in medial and final positions it is not a glottal stop and instead represents the phoneme /ɑː/~/ɒː/. If a word-initial ا is representing the sound ~ it's usually written as آ.
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