Α

See also Appendix:Variations of "a"

Ancient Greek

Unicode name	GREEK CAPITAL LETTER ALPHA
Greek and Coptic	U+0391
Greek and Coptic → Β

Greek letter Α (A, “Alpha”)

Letter

Α (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter ἄλφα (álfa, “alpha”), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

Usage notes

The letter represented the open front unrounded vowel: IPA: /a/, /aː/, X-SAMPA: /A/, /A:/. Today, this letter is often represented by lower case α (a), although Ancient Greek did not distinguish between upper and lower case.

Derived terms

• (Modern Greek letters) ‎Α ‎(A, “Alpha”)‎, ‎α ‎(a, “alpha”)‎
• (Latin (Roman) letters) a, A
• (Cyrillic letters) ‎а ‎(a)‎, ‎А ‎(A)‎
• (Coptic) ⲁ, Ⲁ

See also

• Greek script: Αα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ Νν Ξξ Οο Ππϖ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Φφ Χχ Ψψ Ωω

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Greek

Pronunciation

• IPA: /a/ /ə/, X-SAMPA: /A/ /@/
• In modern Greek, Α (A) represents the open front unrounded vowel sound (IPA: /a/), similar to the a in father.

Etymology

The Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ, “aleph”) ()

Letter

Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter άλφα (álfa, “alpha”), the first letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

See also

• Greek script: Αα Ββ Γγ Δδ Εε Ζζ Ηη Θθ Ιι Κκ Λλ Μμ Νν Ξξ Οο Ππϖ Ρρ Σσς Ττ Υυ Φφ Χχ Ψψ Ωω

Numeral

Α (Greek numeral)

1. The number one (1).

See also

• Greek numeral
• ͵Α (1000)

Initialism

Α

1. ανατολή, East (noun)
2. ανατολικός east, eastern (adjective)

See also

• Appendix:Greek compass points