آ

آ U+0622, آ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE Composition: ا [U+0627] + ◌ٓ [U+0653] ← ء [U+0621] Arabic أ → [U+0623]

ﺁ U+FE81, ﺁ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE ISOLATED FORM ← ﺀ [U+FE80] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺂ → [U+FE82]

ﺂ U+FE82, ﺂ ARABIC LETTER ALEF WITH MADDA ABOVE FINAL FORM ← ﺁ [U+FE81] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺃ → [U+FE83]

See also: أ, ا, اً, ٱ, إ, and ا-

Arabic

Letter

آ • (ʾalif madda)

1. Alif maddah. A double-alif used to write the sequence /ʔaː/.

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Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ləmba alif/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /aː/

Letter

آ (lambā ālif)

1. The first other alif letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form
آ	ـآ

See also

• Previous letter: ا‏
• Next letter: أ‏

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Pashto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /alepˈməd̪ˈɑ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /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^(key): /ɒː/

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Letter

ﺁ / ﺁ / ﺂ / ﺂ • (transliteration needed) (alef madde)

1. Alef-e madde
2. Â-ye bâ-kolâh (آی باکلاه‏ = Alef with hat)

Usage notes

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

See also

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

Verb

آ • (â)

1. present stem form of آمدن‏.