Α

• IPA^(key): /a/

Α (A) (upper case A, lower case α)

1. The first letter of the Arvanitic Albanian Latin-script alphabet.

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, B b, Γ γ, Γϳ γϳ, Δ δ, D d, Ε ε, Ε̱ ε̱, Ζ ζ, Ζ̇ ζ̇, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ϳ ϳ, Κ κ, Κ̇ κ̇, Λ λ, ΛΛ λλ, Λ̇ λ̇, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Ρ̇ ρ̇, Σ σ, Σ̈ σ̈, Τ τ, Ȣ ȣ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Χ̇ χ̇, ΤΣ τσ, ΤΣ̈ τσ̈, DΣ dσ, DΣ̈ dσ̈ ^[edit]

From Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “ʾālep”).

Α • (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”), the first letter of the ancient Greek alphabet.

The letter represented the open front unrounded vowel: /a/, /aː/. Today, this letter is often represented by lower case α (a), although Ancient Greek did not distinguish between upper and lower case.

• (Modern Greek letters) Α (A, “Alpha”), α (a, “alpha”)
• (Latin (Roman) letters) a, A
• (Cyrillic letters) а (a), А (A)
• (Coptic) ⲁ (a), Ⲁ (A)

• Coptic script: Ⲁ
• Cyrillic script: А
• Gothic script: 𐌰
• Old Italic script: 𐌀
  • Latin script: A
  • Runic script: ᚨ

• (Greek-script letters) Α α, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ, Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ ς, Τ τ, Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω
• (non-Classical letters) Ϝ (W) ϝ (w), Ͷ ͷ, Ͱ (H) ͱ (h), Ϻ (S) ϻ (s), Ϟ ϟ, Ϙ (Q) ϙ (q), Ͳ (S) ͳ (s)
• (punctuation) · ;
• (diacritics) ᾿ ῾ ◌́ ◌̀ ῀ ¨

• “Α”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Α”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Α in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The first letter of the Cypriot Arabic alphabet.

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Β β, Γ γ (Γ̱ γ̱), Δ δ, Ε ε, Ζ ζ (Ζ̱ ζ̱), Η η, Θ θ, Ι ι, Κ κ (Κ͟σ κ͟σ), Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, ΟΥ ου, Π π (Π̱ π̱), Ρ ρ, Σ σ~ς (Σ̱ σ̱), Τ τ (Τ̱ τ̱), Υ υ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ (Ψ̱ ψ̱) ^[edit]

• (noun & adjective): Α. (A.)

The Ancient Greek letter Α (A, “alpha”) derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʾ /⁠ʼ⁠/, “aleph”) ()

• IPA^(key): /a/, /ə/
• In modern Greek, Α (A) represents the open front unrounded vowel sound (IPA^(key): /a/), similar to the a in father.

Α • (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The letter άλφα (álfa, “alpha”), the first letter of the Modern Greek alphabet.

• Greek script letters: γρᾰ́μμᾰτᾰ (grắmmătă) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): Α α (Ά ά), Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε (Έ έ), Ζ ζ, Η η, Ή ή, Θ θ, Ι ι (Ί ί, Ϊ ϊ, ΐ), Κ κ, Λ λ, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ξ ξ, Ο ο (Ό ό), Π π, Ρ ρ, Σ σ~ς, Τ τ, Υ υ (Ύ ύ, Ϋ ϋ, ΰ), Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω (Ώ ώ) ^[edit]

Α • (A) (Greek numeral)

1. The number one (1).

Α • (A) f

1. E, initialism of ανατολή (anatolí, “east”)

Α • (A) m

1. initialism of ανατολικός (anatolikós): east, eastern

• Appendix:Greek compass points

Α (A) (upper case, lower case α)

1. The first letter of the Tsakonian alphabet.

• Greek script letters (script appendix): Α α, Α̈ α̈, Ά ά, Β β, Γ γ, Δ δ, Ε ε, Έ έ, Ζ ζ, Ζ̌ ζ̌, Ζ̑ ζ̑, Η η, Ή ή, Θ θ, Ι ι, Ί ί, Ϊ ϊ, ΐ, Κ κ, Κ̀ κ̔, Λ λ, Λ̣ λ̣, Λ̑ λ̑, Μ μ, Ν ν, Ν̇ ν̇, Ν̑ ν̑, Ξ ξ, Ο ο, Ό ό, Π π, Π̀ π̔, Ρ ρ, Σ σ~ς, Σ̌ σ̌~ς̌, Σ̑ σ̑~ς̑, Τ τ, Τ̀ τ̔, Τζ τζ, Τσ τσ~τς, Υ υ, Ύ ύ, Ϋ ϋ, ΰ, Φ φ, Χ χ, Ψ ψ, Ω ω, Ώ ώ ^[edit]

• Α on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el