𐬁


𐬁 U+10B01, 𐬁
AVESTAN LETTER AA
← 𐬀
[U+10B00] 		Avestan 𐬂 →
[U+10B02]

Avestan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aː/

Etymology 1

Letter

𐬁 • (ā)

  1. the second letter of the Avestan script, representing a long a

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *HáH, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd (“to, at”). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *at (whence English at), Latin ad, and Sanskrit आ (ā). The final *d in the Proto-Indo-European term regularly alternated with *h₁, the latter appearing before certain consonants originally. Sanskrit and Avestan generalized the form ending in *h₁ – hence आ (ā),𐬁 (ā) – and its fellow Indo-European cognates generalized the form ending in *d.[1]

Preposition

𐬁 • (ā)

  1. at, towards

References

  1. ^ Garnier, Romain (2014) “Nouvelles réflexions sur l’effet-Kortlandt”, in Glotta‎[1] (in French), volume 90, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 140-160
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