"ا" meaning in Urdu

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  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ālif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "ālif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (ālif)",
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    }
  ],
  "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"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts",
          "parents": [
            "Terms in nonstandard scripts",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "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"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "Hindi spelling",
        "4": "अ-",
        "head": "اـ",
        "tr": "a-"
      },
      "expansion": "اـ • (a-) (Hindi spelling अ-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "prefix",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A negating prefix. non-, un-, a-, an-, etc."
      ],
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      "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"
}

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    "Urdu lemmas",
    "Urdu letters",
    "Urdu prefixes",
    "Urdu terms borrowed from Sanskrit",
    "Urdu terms derived from Sanskrit",
    "Urdu terms in nonstandard scripts",
    "Urdu terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ālif",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "letter",
        "tr": "ālif"
      },
      "expansion": "ا • (ālif)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ur",
  "pos": "character",
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    {
      "roman": "b",
      "sense": "Next letter",
      "word": "ب"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The first letter of the Urdu abjad."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Urdu",
          "Urdu"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "letter"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ə.lɪf/",
      "tags": [
        "letter",
        "name"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ə/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɑː/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʔ/",
      "tags": [
        "phoneme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ا"
}

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    "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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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "sa",
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        "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"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ur",
        "2": "prefix",
        "3": "Hindi spelling",
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        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "negating",
          "negate"
        ],
        [
          "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"
}