އާ
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
[əː]
Etymology 1
Letter
އާ
• (
ā
)
The second
vowel
in
Dhivehi
, named
abaafili
Etymology 2
Particle
އާ
• (
-ā
)
A vocative case marker
A noun definite suffix
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
އައު
(
au
)
Adjective
އާ
• (
ā
)
new
,
fresh
,
novel
References
Hassan Ahmed Maniku (
2000
) “
އާ
”, in
A Concise Etymological Vocabulary of Dhivehi Language
, Colombo: The Royal Asiatic Society of Sri Lanka,
page 1