ـا
Persian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Arabic ـًا (-an).
Suffix
[edit]ـاً • (-an)
- Used to form adverbs from nouns or adjectives.
Usage notes
[edit]- This suffix mostly occurs with Arabic loanwords, but it is used somewhat peculiarly in Persian. Firstly, it also written out after words which, in Arabic, end in the feminine suffix ـَة (-a), e.g. نسبتاً (nesbatan, “relatively”). More importantly, it may at times occur with native Persian words, e.g. ناچاراً (nâčâran, “inevitably”), زوراً (zuran, “forcefully”), گاهاً (gâhan, “sometimes”), and with Arabic words in which the ending would be ungrammatical in Arabic itself, e.g. اقلاً (aqallan, “at least”).
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ـاک (-âk)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈ‿aː/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [‿ɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [‿ɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | -ā |
| Dari reading? | -ā |
| Iranian reading? | -â |
| Tajik reading? | -o |
Suffix
[edit]ـا • (-â)
- an adjective forming suffix
- a noun forming suffix
See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /ˈ‿aː/
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [‿ɒː]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [‿ɔ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | -ā |
| Dari reading? | -ā |
| Iranian reading? | -â |
| Tajik reading? | -o |
Suffix
[edit]ـا • (-â)