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أ¹
- /ʔ/
- /ʔa/
- /ʔu/
letter أ
- The first letter of the Arabic alphabet, called أَلِف (ʔalif) and written in the Arabic script; followed by ب (b).
أ²
Where it comes from
From former هَـ (ha-), from Proto-Semitic *ha. Cognate to Hebrew הֲ־ (hă-).
particle أَ · ʔa- · آ
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introduces a positive yes-no question
أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَنْهَىٰ (9) عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰ (10) أَرَأَيْتَ إِن كَانَ عَلَى الْهُدَىٰ (11) أَوْ أَمَرَ بِالتَّقْوَىٰ (12)
Similar: هَل
- introduces a negative yes-no question أَلَمْ تَرَ كَيْفَ فَعَلَ رَبُّكَ بِعَادٍ (6) إِرَمَ ذَاتِ الْعِمَادِ (7) الَّتِي لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِي الْبِلَادِ (8)
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indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions
وَإِنْ أَدْرِي أَقَرِيبٌ أَم بَعِيدٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ
Similar: هَل
- indicates an inclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”) that denotes sameness, indistinguishability, unimportance, insignificance, or indifference سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ أَسْتَغْفَرْتَ لَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تَسْتَغْفِرْ لَهُمْ لَن يَغْفِرَ ٱللّٰهُ لَهُمْ
- vocative particle
In English
- do in questions
Talk about this word "أ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. أ. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3 "أ." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3.Cite this
@misc{micwyn_2026,
title = {أ},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A3},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
