"ا" meaning in All languages combined

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Character [Arabic]

IPA: /ʔa.lif/ [letter, name], /ʔ/ [phoneme] Forms: ا / ا [canonical], ʔalif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|letter|head=ا / ا|tr=ʔalif}} ا / ا • (ʔalif)
  1. Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء (ʔ)) that sits on top of أ (ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a. Tags: letter Categories (topical): Arabic numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-ا-ar-character-ZRlYLYgg Disambiguation of Arabic numeral symbols: 67 33 Categories (other): Arabic entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Arabic entries with incorrect language header: 72 28

Symbol [Arabic]

IPA: /aː/, /ʔa/, /ʔi/, /ʔu/, /ʔa.lif/ [letter, name], /ʔ/ [phoneme] Forms: ʔalif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ar|numeral symbol|tr=ʔalif}} ا • (ʔalif)
  1. The first letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is followed by ب (b).
    Sense id: en-ا-ar-symbol-AYthLZ5t Related terms: ا [Arabic, character, letter], ʔ [Arabic, character, letter], a [Arabic, character, letter], l [Arabic, character, letter], i [Arabic, character, letter], f [Arabic, character, letter], ب [Arabic, character, letter], b [Arabic, character, letter], ā [Arabic, character, letter], ت [Arabic, character, letter], t [Arabic, character, letter], ث [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ج [Arabic, character, letter], j [Arabic, character, letter], ī [Arabic, character, letter], m [Arabic, character, letter], ح [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], خ [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], د [Arabic, character, letter], d [Arabic, character, letter], ذ [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ر [Arabic, character, letter], r [Arabic, character, letter], ز [Arabic, character, letter], z [Arabic, character, letter], y [Arabic, character, letter], س [Arabic, character, letter], s [Arabic, character, letter], n [Arabic, character, letter], ش [Arabic, character, letter], š [Arabic, character, letter], ص [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ض [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ط [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ظ [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ع [Arabic, character, letter], ʕ [Arabic, character, letter], غ [Arabic, character, letter], [Arabic, character, letter], ف [Arabic, character, letter], ق [Arabic, character, letter], q [Arabic, character, letter], ك [Arabic, character, letter], k [Arabic, character, letter], ل [Arabic, character, letter], م [Arabic, character, letter], ن [Arabic, character, letter], ū [Arabic, character, letter], ه [Arabic, character, letter], h [Arabic, character, letter], و [Arabic, character, letter], w [Arabic, character, letter], ي [Arabic, character, letter], أ (alt: ʔ), إ (alt: ʔ), آ (ʔā), ى, ٱ, ـٰ, Search for entries beginning with ا

Character [Balti]

IPA: /ɑ/, /ə/, /e/, /o/
Head templates: {{head|bft|letter}} ا (transliteration needed)
  1. The first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-bft-character-Ehzf2kPH Categories (other): Balti entries with incorrect language header

Character [Burushaski]

IPA: /aː/, [aː] Forms: aa [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bsk|letter|tr=aa}} ا (aa)
  1. The first letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-bsk-character-mQIuktnJ Categories (other): Burushaski entries with incorrect language header, Burushaski pronouns Disambiguation of Burushaski entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Burushaski pronouns: 79 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun [Burushaski]

IPA: /u/, [u] Forms: اُ [canonical], u [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|bsk|pronoun|head=اُ|tr=u}} اُ (u)
  1. they; third-person plural pronoun
    Sense id: en-ا-bsk-pron-khjiziBK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character [Chinese]

IPA: /a/ [phoneme], [ɑ] [phoneme]
Head templates: {{head|zh|letter|sc=Arab}} ا
  1. The first letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad. Tags: letter

Character [Gujarati]

IPA: /ɑlif/ [letter, name], /ɑ/ [phoneme], /ʔ/ [phoneme] Forms: alif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|gu|letter|tr=alif}} ا • (alif)
  1. The first letter of the Gujarati abjad Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب
    Sense id: en-ا-gu-character-6nfb5fRL Categories (other): Gujarati entries with incorrect language header

Character [Kashmiri]

IPA: /əlif/ [letter, name], /a/ [phoneme], /aː/ [phoneme] Forms: a [romanization], ā [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ks|letter|tr=a,ā}} ا • (a,ā)
  1. The first letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب (b)
    Sense id: en-ا-ks-character-HGelDZyf Categories (other): Kashmiri entries with incorrect language header

Character [Kazakh]

IPA: /æˈlip/ [letter, name], /ɑ/ [phoneme], /æ/ [phoneme] Forms: a [romanization], ä [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|kk|letter|tr=a, ä}} ا • (a, ä)
  1. The first letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter А or Ә. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-kk-character-N~sN2iau Categories (other): Kazakh entries with incorrect language header Related terms: ٵ (front-vowel word-initial variant, ب [Arabic, character, letter], پ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺕ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺝ [Arabic, character, letter], ﭺ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺡ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺩ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺭ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺯ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺱ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺵ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻉ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻑ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻕ [Arabic, character, letter], ك [Arabic, character, letter], گ [Arabic, character, letter], ڭ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻝ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻡ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻥ [Arabic, character, letter], ە [Arabic, character, letter], ھ [Arabic, character, letter], و [Arabic, character, letter], ۇ [Arabic, character, letter], ۋ [Arabic, character, letter], ۆ [Arabic, character, letter], ى [Arabic, character, letter], ي [Arabic, character, letter], . [Arabic, character, letter] Related terms (Next letter): ب

Character [Khowar]

IPA: /alif/ [letter, name], /a/ [phoneme] Forms: ālif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|khw|letter|tr=ālif}} ا (ālif)
  1. The first letter of the Khowar abjad. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): آ
    Sense id: en-ا-khw-character-WEFPv6le Categories (other): Khowar entries with incorrect language header

Character [Kyrgyz]

IPA: /aˈlif/ [letter, name], /ɑ/ [phoneme] Forms: alif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ky|letter|tr=alif}} ا • (alif)
  1. The first letter of the Kyrgyz in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter А Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-ky-character-n1DuI4au Categories (other): Kyrgyz entries with incorrect language header Related terms: ب [Arabic, character, letter], پ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻥ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺕ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺝ [Arabic, character, letter], ﭺ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺡ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻑ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻕ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻉ [Arabic, character, letter], ك [Arabic, character, letter], گ [Arabic, character, letter], ڭ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻝ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻡ [Arabic, character, letter], و [Arabic, character, letter], ۅ [Arabic, character, letter], ۉ [Arabic, character, letter], ﯗ [Arabic, character, letter], ﯞ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺱ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺵ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺩ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺭ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺯ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻩ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻯ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺀ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻰ [Arabic, character, letter], ﺋ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻲ [Arabic, character, letter], ء [Arabic, character, letter], ي [Arabic, character, letter], ۋ [Arabic, character, letter], ﻻ [Arabic, character, letter]

Character [Malay]

IPA: [alef] [name], [ä] [phoneme], [ɐ] [phoneme], [ə] [phoneme] Forms: ا / ا [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|ms|letter|head=ا / ا|sc=Arab}} ا / ا
  1. The first letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script. Wikipedia link: ms:ا Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-ms-character-4gqGUaVx Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay terms with non-redundant manual script codes Related terms: ب [Arabic, character, letter], ت [Arabic, character, letter], ة [Arabic, character, letter], ث [Arabic, character, letter], ج [Arabic, character, letter], چ [Arabic, character, letter], ح [Arabic, character, letter], خ [Arabic, character, letter], د [Arabic, character, letter], ذ [Arabic, character, letter], ر [Arabic, character, letter], ز [Arabic, character, letter], س [Arabic, character, letter], ش [Arabic, character, letter], ص [Arabic, character, letter], ض [Arabic, character, letter], ط [Arabic, character, letter], ظ [Arabic, character, letter], ع [Arabic, character, letter], غ [Arabic, character, letter], ڠ [Arabic, character, letter], ف [Arabic, character, letter], ڤ [Arabic, character, letter], ق [Arabic, character, letter], ک [Arabic, character, letter], ݢ [Arabic, character, letter], گ [Arabic, character, letter], ل [Arabic, character, letter], م [Arabic, character, letter], ن [Arabic, character, letter], و [Arabic, character, letter], ۏ [Arabic, character, letter], ه [Arabic, character, letter], ہ [Arabic, character, letter], ھ [Arabic, character, letter], ء [Arabic, character, letter], ي [Arabic, character, letter], ى [Arabic, character, letter], ی [Arabic, character, letter], ے [Arabic, character, letter], ڽ [Arabic, character, letter], [ [Arabic, character, letter], e [Arabic, character, letter], d [Arabic, character, letter], i [Arabic, character, letter], t [Arabic, character, letter], ] [Arabic, character, letter]

Suffix [North Levantine Arabic]

Forms: ـا [canonical], -a [romanization], -wa [romanization], -ya [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|apc|suffix|g=f|head=ـا|tr=-a, -wa, -ya}} ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya) f
  1. Alternative spelling of ـها when it is not pronounced as “-ha” Tags: alt-of, alternative, morpheme Alternative form of: ـها when it is not pronounced as (extra: -ha)
    Sense id: en-ا-apc-suffix-Dffu5fiS Categories (other): North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header

Character [Pashto]

IPA: /aˈlif/ [letter, name], /ɑ/ [phoneme], /ʔ/ [phoneme] Forms: alíf [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ps|letter|tr=alíf}} ا • (alíf)
  1. The first letter of the Pashto alphabet. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب
    Sense id: en-ا-ps-character-ZU3hFoD3 Categories (other): Pashto entries with incorrect language header

Character [Persian]

IPA: [ɑː] [Classical, Dari], [ʔ] [Classical, Dari], [ɒː] [Iranian-Persian], [ʔ] [Iranian-Persian], /alif/ [Classical], [ʔalif] [Classical], /alɪf/ [Dari, Persian], [ʔalɪf] [Dari, Persian], /ælef/ [Iranian-Persian], [ʔælef] [Iranian-Persian] Audio: Fa-ا.ogg Forms: ـا [canonical], ا [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|fa|letter|head=ـا|head2=ا|tr=â|tr2=∅}} ـا or ا • (â or ∅)
  1. The first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is اَلِف (alef). Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-character-LnzaxMfT Categories (other): Persian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Persian entries with incorrect language header: 34 3 8 17 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition [Persian]

IPA: /æ/ Forms: a [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|preposition|tr=a}} ا • (a)
  1. (dialectal, Hamadan, Harat) from, since Tags: Harat, dialectal
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-prep-s2li8iCl Categories (other): Persian prepositions
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix [Persian]

Forms: ـاً [canonical], -an [romanization]
Etymology: From Arabic ـًا (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending). Etymology templates: {{bor|fa|ar|ـًا|pos=triptotic indefinite accusative ending}} Arabic ـًا (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending) Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|head=ـاً|tr=-an}} ـاً • (-an)
  1. Used to form adverbs from nouns or adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-suffix-fa:adverbial
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix [Persian]

IPA: /ɒː/ Forms: ـا [canonical], [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|head=ـا|tr=-â}} ـا • (-â)
  1. an adjective forming suffix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-suffix-ZHWnFhdn
  2. a noun forming suffix Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-suffix-fOeGVvuv
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 4

Suffix [Persian]

IPA: /ɒː/ Forms: ـا [canonical], [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|fa|suffix|head=ـا|tr=-â}} ـا • (-â)
  1. (chiefly literary) a vocative suffix Tags: literary, morpheme Synonyms: یا (-yâ) (english: following a vowel)
    Sense id: en-ا-fa-suffix-fa:vocative
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 5

Character [Punjabi]

IPA: /əlif/ [letter, name], /ə/ [phoneme], /ɑː/ [phoneme], /äː/ [phoneme], /∅/ [phoneme]
Head templates: {{head|pa|letter}} ا • (transliteration needed)
  1. The first letter of the Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script. Tags: letter
    Sense id: en-ا-pa-character-oeV723JA Categories (other): Punjabi entries with incorrect language header Related terms: ب [Shahmukhi, character, letter], b [Shahmukhi, character, letter], پ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], p [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ت [Shahmukhi, character, letter], t [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ٹ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ث [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ج [Shahmukhi, character, letter], j [Shahmukhi, character, letter], چ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], c [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ح [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], خ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], x [Shahmukhi, character, letter], د [Shahmukhi, character, letter], d [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ڈ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ذ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ر [Shahmukhi, character, letter], r [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ڑ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ز [Shahmukhi, character, letter], z [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ژ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ž [Shahmukhi, character, letter], س [Shahmukhi, character, letter], s [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ش [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ś [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ص [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ض [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ط [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ظ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], z̤ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ع [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ʻ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], غ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ġ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ف [Shahmukhi, character, letter], f [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ق [Shahmukhi, character, letter], q [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ک [Shahmukhi, character, letter], k [Shahmukhi, character, letter], گ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], g [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ل [Shahmukhi, character, letter], l [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], م [Shahmukhi, character, letter], m [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ن [Shahmukhi, character, letter], n [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ݨ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ں [Shahmukhi, character, letter], [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ہ [Shahmukhi, character, letter], h [Shahmukhi, character, letter], و [Shahmukhi, character, letter], v [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ی [Shahmukhi, character, letter], y [Shahmukhi, character, letter], ے [Shahmukhi, character, letter], e [Shahmukhi, character, letter] Related terms (Next letter): ب (b)

Character [Rajasthani]

IPA: /ɑlif/ [letter, name], /ɑ/ [phoneme] Forms: ảlif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|raj|letter|tr=ảlif}} ا (ảlif)
  1. The first letter of the Rajasthani abjad. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب
    Sense id: en-ا-raj-character-NMOWTdvW Categories (other): Rajasthani entries with incorrect language header, Rajasthani terms in nonstandard scripts

Character [Urdu]

IPA: /ə.lɪf/ [letter, name], /ə/ [phoneme], /ɑː/ [phoneme], /ʔ/ [phoneme] Forms: ālif [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|ur|letter|tr=ālif}} ا • (ālif)
  1. The first letter of the Urdu abjad. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب (b)
    Sense id: en-ا-ur-character-c6MjkQhN Categories (other): Urdu entries with incorrect language header, Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of Urdu entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts: 86 14
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix [Urdu]

Forms: اـ [canonical], a- [romanization], अ- [Hindi]
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-). Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|ur|sa|अ-|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Sanskrit अ- (a-), {{bor+|ur|sa|अ-}} Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-) Head templates: {{head|ur|prefix|Hindi spelling|अ-|head=اـ|tr=a-}} اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)
  1. A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: غَیرـ, ناـ, انـ (an-) [before-vowel]
    Sense id: en-ا-ur-prefix-ZyTMYXEB
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Character [Yoruba]

IPA: /a/ [letter, name], /a/ [phoneme] Forms: a [romanization]
Head templates: {{head|yo|letter|tr=a}} ا (a)
  1. The first letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script. Tags: letter Related terms (Next letter): ب
    Sense id: en-ا-yo-character-4C7u-eVL Categories (other): Yoruba entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for ا meaning in All languages combined (40.0kB)

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        "Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء (ʔ)) that sits on top of أ (ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a."
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          "word": "ʔ"
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        {
          "tags": [
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        {
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        {
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            "Arabic",
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        {
          "tags": [
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
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            "Arabic",
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        {
          "tags": [
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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          "word": "ص"
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          "tags": [
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
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        },
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            "Arabic",
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            "Arabic",
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        },
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            "Arabic",
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            "Arabic",
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            "Arabic",
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      "ipa": "/ə/"
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      "ipa": "/o/"
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}

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        [
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          "Perso-Arabic"
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          "script",
          "script"
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      "tags": [
        "letter"
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    {
      "ipa": "/aː/"
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      "ipa": "[aː]"
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}

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      "form": "u",
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      ]
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          "plural",
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      "ipa": "[u]"
    }
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}

{
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        "2": "letter",
        "sc": "Arab"
      },
      "expansion": "ا",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese terms with non-redundant manual script codes",
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        "letter"
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      "ipa": "/a/",
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        "phoneme"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑ]",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
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      "form": "alif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
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        "1": "gu",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "alif"
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      "expansion": "ا • (alif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "gu",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Gujarati entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
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        [
          "Gujarati",
          "Gujarati"
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        {
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          "word": "ب"
        }
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        "letter"
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    }
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      "ipa": "/ɑlif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "ā",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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        "2": "letter",
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      },
      "expansion": "ا • (a,ā)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "pos": "character",
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
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          "Kashmiri"
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        {
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          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
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        "letter"
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    {
      "ipa": "/əlif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
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}

{
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      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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  "pos": "character",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Kazakh entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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        }
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          "А",
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          "Ә",
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            "character",
            "letter"
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        {
          "tags": [
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            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "پ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﺕ"
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        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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            "letter"
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        },
        {
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            "character",
            "letter"
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          "word": "ﭺ"
        },
        {
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            "letter"
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          "word": "ﺡ"
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        {
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            "Arabic",
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            "letter"
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          "word": "ﺩ"
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        {
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            "letter"
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
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            "letter"
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          "word": "ﺯ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﺱ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﺵ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﻉ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﻑ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﻕ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ك"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "گ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
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          "word": "ڭ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
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        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ﻥ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ە"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ھ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "و"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ۇ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ۋ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ۆ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ى"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Arabic",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
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        "g": "f",
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        "tr": "-a, -wa, -ya"
      },
      "expansion": "ـا • (-a, -wa, -ya) f",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "North Levantine Arabic",
  "lang_code": "apc",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "-ha",
          "word": "ـها when it is not pronounced as"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "North Levantine Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of ـها when it is not pronounced as “-ha”"
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-apc-suffix-Dffu5fiS",
      "links": [
        [
          "ـها",
          "ها#North Levantine Arabic"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "alíf",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "alíf"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (alíf)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Pashto",
  "lang_code": "ps",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pashto entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Pashto alphabet."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-ps-character-ZU3hFoD3",
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aˈlif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ـا",
        "head2": "ا",
        "tr": "â",
        "tr2": "∅"
      },
      "expansion": "ـا or ا • (â or ∅)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "34 3 8 17 17 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. Its name is اَلِف (alef)."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-character-LnzaxMfT",
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ɑː]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical",
        "Dari"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɒː]",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔ]",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/alif/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔalif]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/alɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔalɪf]",
      "tags": [
        "Dari",
        "Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ælef/",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ʔælef]",
      "tags": [
        "Iranian-Persian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fa-ا.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/12/Fa-%D8%A7.ogg/Fa-%D8%A7.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Fa-%D8%A7.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "fa:ا"
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "ـًا",
        "pos": "triptotic indefinite accusative ending"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic ـًا (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic ـًا (-an, triptotic indefinite accusative ending).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـاً",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-an",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـاً",
        "tr": "-an"
      },
      "expansion": "ـاً • (-an)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used to form adverbs from nouns or adjectives."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-suffix-fa:adverbial",
      "links": [
        [
          "adverb",
          "adverb#English"
        ],
        [
          "noun",
          "noun#English"
        ],
        [
          "adjective",
          "adjective#English"
        ]
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fa:adverbial"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "preposition",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "prep",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Persian prepositions",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "from, since"
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-prep-s2li8iCl",
      "links": [
        [
          "from",
          "from"
        ],
        [
          "since",
          "since"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dialectal, Hamadan, Harat) from, since"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Harat",
        "dialectal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/æ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 4,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-â",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـا",
        "tr": "-â"
      },
      "expansion": "ـا • (-â)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "an adjective forming suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-suffix-ZHWnFhdn",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a noun forming suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-suffix-fOeGVvuv",
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 5,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ـا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-â",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "suffix",
        "head": "ـا",
        "tr": "-â"
      },
      "expansion": "ـا • (-â)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Persian",
  "lang_code": "fa",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "O Lord!",
          "roman": "xodâvandâ",
          "text": "خداوندا",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a vocative suffix"
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-fa-suffix-fa:vocative",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly literary) a vocative suffix"
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "fa:vocative"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "following a vowel",
          "roman": "-yâ",
          "word": "یا"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɒː/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pa",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (transliteration needed)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Punjabi",
  "lang_code": "pa",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Punjabi entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-pa-character-oeV723JA",
      "links": [
        [
          "Punjabi",
          "Punjabi"
        ],
        [
          "Shahmukhi",
          "Shahmukhi"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "b",
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ب"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "b"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "پ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "p"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ت"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "t"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ٹ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ṭ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ث"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "s̱"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ج"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "j"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "چ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "c"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ح"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ḥ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "خ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "x"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "د"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "d"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ڈ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ḍ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ذ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ẕ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ر"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "r"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ڑ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ṛ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ز"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "z"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ژ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ž"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "س"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "s"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ش"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ś"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ص"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ṣ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ض"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ẓ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ط"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "t̤"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ظ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "z̤"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ع"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ʻ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "غ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ġ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ف"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "f"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ق"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "q"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ک"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "k"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "گ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "g"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ل"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "l"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ࣇ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ḷ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "م"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "m"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ن"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "n"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ݨ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ṇ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ں"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ṉ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ہ"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "h"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "و"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "v"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ی"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "y"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "ے"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi",
            "character",
            "letter"
          ],
          "word": "e"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/əlif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/äː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/∅/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ảlif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "raj",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "ảlif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا (ảlif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Rajasthani",
  "lang_code": "raj",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Rajasthani entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Rajasthani terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Rajasthani abjad."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-raj-character-NMOWTdvW",
      "links": [
        [
          "Rajasthani",
          "Rajasthani"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑlif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ālif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "ālif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (ālif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Urdu abjad."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-ur-character-c6MjkQhN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Urdu",
          "Urdu"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "b",
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ə.lɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loanword",
        "2": "Borrowed"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed",
      "name": "glossary"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अ- (a-)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अ-"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-)",
      "name": "bor+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अ-",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "Hindi spelling",
        "4": "अ-",
        "head": "اـ",
        "tr": "a-"
      },
      "expansion": "اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Urdu",
  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-ur-prefix-ZyTMYXEB",
      "links": [
        [
          "negating",
          "negate"
        ],
        [
          "non-",
          "non-"
        ],
        [
          "un-",
          "un-"
        ],
        [
          "a-",
          "a-"
        ],
        [
          "an-",
          "an-"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غَیرـ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ناـ"
        },
        {
          "roman": "an-",
          "tags": [
            "before-vowel"
          ],
          "word": "انـ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ا (a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script."
      ],
      "id": "en-ا-yo-character-4C7u-eVL",
      "links": [
        [
          "Yorùbá",
          "Yorùbá"
        ],
        [
          "Ajami",
          "Ajami"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "sense": "Next letter",
          "word": "ب"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 1-syllable words",
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic letters",
    "Arabic numeral symbols",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nqo",
            "2": "ߊ",
            "sc": "Nkoo"
          },
          "expansion": "N'Ko: ߊ",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "N'Ko: ߊ"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ا / ا",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ʔalif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "letter",
        "head": "ا / ا",
        "tr": "ʔalif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا / ا • (ʔalif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Although usually considered to be the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, the small hamza (ء (ʔ)) that sits on top of أ (ʔ) is really the first letter of the Arabic alphabet, and the tall column is its bearer. This entry only deals with the lower part, the bearer, which is called أَلِف (ʔalif) and, without the hamza, is used to lengthen a preceding a."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Arabic",
          "Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "hamza",
          "hamza"
        ],
        [
          "ء",
          "ء#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "أ",
          "أ#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "أَلِف",
          "ألف#Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "a",
          "a"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa.lif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Arabic 1-syllable words",
    "Arabic 2-syllable words",
    "Arabic entries with incorrect language header",
    "Arabic lemmas",
    "Arabic letters",
    "Arabic numeral symbols",
    "Arabic terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ʔalif",
      "head_nr": 1,
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "numeral symbol",
        "tr": "ʔalif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (ʔalif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Arabic",
  "lang_code": "ar",
  "pos": "symbol",
  "related": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ا"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ʔ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "a"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "l"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "i"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "f"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ب"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "b"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ā"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ت"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "t"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ث"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṯ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ج"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "j"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ī"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ح"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "خ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḵ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "د"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "d"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ذ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḏ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ر"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "r"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ز"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "س"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "s"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ش"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "š"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ص"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ض"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḍ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ط"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṭ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ظ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ẓ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ع"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ʕ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "غ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḡ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ف"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ق"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "q"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ك"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ل"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "م"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ن"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ū"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ه"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "و"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "w"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ي"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ʔ",
      "word": "أ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ʔ",
      "word": "إ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ʔā",
      "word": "آ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ى"
    },
    {
      "word": "ٱ"
    },
    {
      "word": "ـٰ"
    },
    {
      "word": "Search for entries beginning with ا"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is followed by ب (b)."
      ],
      "head_nr": 1,
      "links": [
        [
          "abjad",
          "abjad"
        ],
        [
          "abjad numerals",
          "abjad numerals"
        ],
        [
          "ب",
          "ب#Arabic"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/aː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔu/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔa.lif/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "bft",
        "2": "letter"
      },
      "expansion": "ا (transliteration needed)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Balti",
  "lang_code": "bft",
  "pos": "character",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Balti entries with incorrect language header",
        "Balti lemmas",
        "Balti letters",
        "Balti terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Requests for transliteration of Balti terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "Balti",
          "Balti"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ],
        [
          "Perso-Arabic",
          "Perso-Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "script",
          "script"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑ/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/e/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/o/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Burushaski entries with incorrect language header",
    "Burushaski lemmas",
    "Burushaski letters",
    "Burushaski pronouns",
    "Burushaski terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aa",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
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}

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        "Arabic",
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        "letter"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
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        "letter"
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    {
      "tags": [
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
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        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ۉ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Arabic",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ﯗ"
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    {
      "tags": [
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        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ﯞ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ﺱ"
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      "word": "ﺯ"
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      "word": "ﻩ"
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    {
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      "word": "ﺀ"
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    {
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      "word": "ﻰ"
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    {
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      "ipa": "/ɑ/",
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        "character",
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        "letter"
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      ],
      "word": "ر"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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        "letter"
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      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
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        "letter"
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      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
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      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḥ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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      "word": "d"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ڑ"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṛ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ز"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ژ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ž"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
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        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "س"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "s"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ش"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ś"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ص"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṣ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ض"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ط"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ظ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "z̤"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ʻ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "غ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ġ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "f"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ق"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "q"
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ک"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "k"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "گ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "g"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ࣇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ḷ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "م"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "m"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "n"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ݨ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṇ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ں"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ṉ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ہ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "h"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ی"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "y"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
      ],
      "word": "ے"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Shahmukhi",
        "character",
        "letter"
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    }
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        "Punjabi lemmas",
        "Punjabi letters",
        "Requests for transliteration of Punjabi terms"
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          "Shahmukhi",
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        "name"
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      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/äː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/∅/",
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        "phoneme"
      ]
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}

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      ]
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      "name": "head"
    }
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      "word": "ب"
    }
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        "Rajasthani terms with IPA pronunciation"
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        "The first letter of the Rajasthani abjad."
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        "name"
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      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
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}

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    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu letters",
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    "Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation"
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      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "character",
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      "sense": "Next letter",
      "word": "ب"
    }
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        "The first letter of the Urdu abjad."
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          "Urdu",
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        ]
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        "letter"
      ]
    }
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        "letter",
        "name"
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      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Urdu entries with incorrect language header",
    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu prefixes",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
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        "3": "अ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit अ- (a-)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "अ-"
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      "name": "bor+"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Sanskrit अ- (a-).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "اـ",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "अ-",
      "tags": [
        "Hindi"
      ]
    }
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        "4": "अ-",
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        "tr": "a-"
      },
      "expansion": "اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "prefix",
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    {
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        "A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc."
      ],
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          "negating",
          "negate"
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        [
          "non-",
          "non-"
        ],
        [
          "un-",
          "un-"
        ],
        [
          "a-",
          "a-"
        ],
        [
          "an-",
          "an-"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "غَیرـ"
        },
        {
          "word": "ناـ"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "an-",
      "tags": [
        "before-vowel"
      ],
      "word": "انـ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "a",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "ا (a)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "character",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "Next letter",
      "word": "ب"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba letters",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Yorùbá alphabet in the Ajami Script."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Yorùbá",
          "Yorùbá"
        ],
        [
          "Ajami",
          "Ajami"
        ]
      ],
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        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}
{
  "called_from": "page/1713/20221215",
  "msg": "later head without list of senses,template node #, ا/Arabic",
  "path": [
    "ا"
  ],
  "section": "Arabic",
  "subsection": "symbol",
  "title": "ا",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: â or ∅",
  "path": [
    "ا"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "letter",
  "title": "ا",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: dialectal, Hamadan, Harat",
  "path": [
    "ا"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "ا",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: dialectal, Hamadan, Harat",
  "path": [
    "ا"
  ],
  "section": "Persian",
  "subsection": "preposition",
  "title": "ا",
  "trace": ""
}

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