ആ

• IPA^(key): /aː/

• Audio:

  (file)

ആ • (ā)

1. The 2nd letter of Malayalam alphabet. Transliterated as ā.

• (vowel sign): ാ

• Malayalam script letters (alphabet appendix): അ, ആ, ഇ, ഈ, ഉ, ഊ, ഋ, എ, ഏ, ഐ, ഒ, ഓ, ഔ, അം, അഃ, ക, ഖ, ഗ, ഘ, ങ, ച, ഛ, ജ, ഝ, ഞ, ട, ഠ, ഡ, ഢ, ണ, ത, ഥ, ദ, ധ, ന, പ, ഫ, ബ, ഭ, മ, യ, ര, ല, വ, ശ, ഷ, സ, ഹ, ള, ഴ, റ, ൺ, ൻ, ർ, ൽ, ൾ ^[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *aH (“that”).

ആ • (ā)

1. that

   Antonym: ഈ (ī)

   Coordinate term: അത് (atŭ)

Compare Tamil ஆ (ā, “yes”).

ആ • (ā) (slang)

1. don't know
2. yes