อา

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See also: อ้า and อา.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemicอา
ɒ ā
RomanizationPaiboonaa
Royal Institutea
(standard) IPA(key)/ʔaː˧/(R)
Homophonesอาร์
อาว์

Etymology 1

From a merger of Proto-Tai *ʔaːᴬ (father's younger sister) and Proto-Tai *ʔaːwᴬ (father's younger brother) (hence the form อาว). Cognate with Lao ອາ (ʼā), Tày a.

Alternative forms

Noun

อา (aa) (classifier คน)

  1. younger sibling of one's father.
  2. a title or term of address for any elderly person, especially that of relative age to a younger brother or younger sister of one's father.
See also
  • น้า (náa, younger brother or younger sister of one's mother)
  • ป้า (bpâa, elder sister of one's parent)
  • ลุง (lung, elder brother of one's parent)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

อา (aa)

  1. ah.