𑀆

𑀆	U+11006, 𑀆 BRAHMI LETTER AA

← 𑀅
[U+11005]

Brahmi

𑀇 →
[U+11007]

Translingual

Letter

𑀆 (ā)

the second vowel of the Brahmi script

Descendants

Gupta: , , , (ā)
- Nagari: (ā)
  - Devanagari: आ (ā)
  - Gujarati: આ (ā)
  - Nandinagari:
- Kalinga:
  - Odia: ଆ (a)
- Siddham: (ā)
  - Traditional Assamese:
  - Bengali: আ (a)
- Nepali scripts:
  - Ranjana: (ā)
- Sharada: (ā)
  - Landa scripts:
    - Gurmukhi: ਆ (ā)
  - Devashesha:
    - Takri:
Southern Brahmi:
- Bhattiprolu:
  - Telugu: ఆ (ā)
- Kadamba:
  - Kannada: ಆ (ā)
  - Pallava: (ā)
    - Malayalam: ആ (ā)
- Tamil: ஆ (ā)
Tocharian: (ā)

Old Tamil

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *ā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑː/

Noun

𑀆 (ā)

cow; the female of an ox

Descendants

Malayalam: ആ (ā), ആവ് (āvŭ), ആൻ (āṉ)
Tamil: ஆ (ā), ஆன் (āṉ)

References

Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) chapter 334, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

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