អា

Khmer

Pronunciation
Orthographic and Phonemic អា
ʼā
WT romanisation ʼaa
(standard) IPA(key) /ʔaː/

Particle

អា • (ʼaa)

  1. derogatory or colloquial particle.
Usage notes

Particle used before nouns and noun phrases giving them a derogatory or very familiar meaning.

អាអត់ពូជ  ―  ʼaa ʼɑt puuc  ―  son of a bitch!

It is commonly used in addressing close friends, persons regarded as inferiors, or young boys.

អាវ៉ា  ―  ʼaa vaa  ―  term of address for boys

It can also be used before the name of something with which one is annoyed. When preceding adjectives or demonstratives, it forms nouns with a notion of disapproval or familiarity.

អានេះ, អានោះ  ―  ʼaa nih , · ʼaa nuh  ―  this one, that one

Verb

អា • (ʼaa) (abstract noun ការអា)

  1. Alternative form of អារ (ʼaa)​: to ​saw

Sanskrit

Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
  • আ (Assamese script)
  • ᬆ (Balinese script)
  • আ (Bengali script)
  • 𑰁 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • 𑀆 (Brahmi script)
  • အာ (Burmese script)
  • आ (Devanagari script)
  • આ (Gujarati script)
  • ਆ (Gurmukhi script)
  • 𑌆 (Grantha script)
  • ꦄꦴ (Javanese script)
  • 𑂄 (Kaithi script)
  • ಆ (Kannada script)
  • ອາ (Lao script)
  • ആ (Malayalam script)
  • ᠠᢇ (Manchu script)
  • 𑘁 (Modi script)
  • ᠠ᠋᠎ᠠ (Mongolian script)
  • 𑦡 (Nandinagari script)
  • 𑐁 (Newa script)
  • ଆ (Odia script)
  • ꢃ (Saurashtra script)
  • 𑆄 (Sharada script)
  • 𑖁 (Siddham script)
  • ආ (Sinhalese script)
  • 𑩐𑩛 (Soyombo script)
  • 𑚁 (Takri script)
  • ஆ (Tamil script)
  • ఆ (Telugu script)
  • อา (Thai script)
  • ཨཱ (Tibetan script)
  • 𑒂 (Tirhuta script)
  • 𑨀𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Preposition

អា • (ā́)

  1. Alternative form of आ (ā, “as far as”)
    • 900-1100 AD; copied later, Arlo Griffiths, Kunthea Chhom, “A problematic inscription (K.1237)”, in Udaya: Journal of Khmer Studies‎, volume 14 (PDF), Yosothor, published 2019, halshs-02168837, page 10:
      វិមទ*យន្តិយេភូមី*
      ទាសាន្ទេវស្យបាបី*នះ
      តេសវ្វ៌នរកេយាន្តុ
      យាតនាមាភវក្ឞយាត៑ ៕
      * Read ទ, មី and បី as ទ៌, មិ and បិ.
      vimardayanti ye bhūmi
      dāsāndevasya pāpinaḥ
      te sarvvanarake yāntu
      yātanām ā bhavakṣayāt· ॥
      May the evil ones who disturb the land and servants of the god undergo torment in every hell until the end of existence.
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