آ

Character	آ
Unicode name	ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE
Arabic	U+0622

See also أ, ا, ا-, and اً

Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /alifmaˈdɑ/ or IPA: /alepmaˈdɑ/
• (phoneme): IPA: /ɑ/

Letter

آ (alifmadā)

1. alif with madda, a form of ا, the first letter of the Pashto alphabet

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Persian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /ɒː/

Letter

ﺁ / ﺁ / ﺂ / ﺂ (alef madde)

1. Alef madde
2. Ây bâ kolâh (آی با کلاه = Alef with hat)

Usage

Used word-initially to represent the phoneme /ɒː/.

See also

• ا (alef)
• Wikipedia article on the Perso-Arabic alphabet
• Search en.wiktionary.org for articles beginning with: آ