"الف" meaning in Persian

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          "word": "अलिफ़"
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          "english": "Who are we? In this tangled world\nWhat [thing other than He] indeed hath He [who is single] like alif? Nothing, nothing.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1514:",
          "roman": "mâ ke-im andar jahân-e pič-pič\n čun alef u xod če dârad hič hič",
          "text": "ما کهایم اندر جهان پیچ پیچ\nچون الف او خود چه دارد هیچ هیچ",
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          "ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
          "roman": "-nêst bar lawh-i dil-am juz alif-i qâmat-i dôst\nči kunam harf-i digar yâd na-dâd ustâd-am",
          "text": "نیست بر لوحِ دلم جز الفِ قامتِ دوست\nچه کنم حرفِ دگر یاد نداد استادم",
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      "ipa": "[ʔä.lif]",
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "Who are we? In this tangled world\nWhat [thing other than He] indeed hath He [who is single] like alif? Nothing, nothing.",
          "ref": "c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 1514:",
          "roman": "mâ ke-im andar jahân-e pič-pič\n čun alef u xod če dârad hič hič",
          "text": "ما کهایم اندر جهان پیچ پیچ\nچون الف او خود چه دارد هیچ هیچ",
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          "ref": "c. 1390, Hafez, “Ghazal 317”, in دیوان حافظ [The Divān of Hafez]:",
          "roman": "-nêst bar lawh-i dil-am juz alif-i qâmat-i dôst\nči kunam harf-i digar yâd na-dâd ustâd-am",
          "text": "نیست بر لوحِ دلم جز الفِ قامتِ دوست\nچه کنم حرفِ دگر یاد نداد استادم",
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