อา

See also: อ้า and อา.

Thai

Pronunciation

Orthographic/Phonemic		อา ɒ ā
Romanization	Paiboon	aa
	Royal Institute	a
(standard) IPA(key)		/ʔaː˧/(R)
Homophones edit		อาร์ อาว์

Etymology 1

From a merger of Proto-Tai *ʔaːᴬ (“father's younger sister”) and Proto-Tai *ʔaːwᴬ (“father's younger brother”) (hence the form อาว). Cognate with Lao ອາ (ʼā), Tày a.

Alternative forms

• อาว (aao)
• อาว์

Noun

อา • (aa) (classifier คน)

1. younger sibling of one's father.
2. a title or term of address for any elderly person, especially that of relative age to a younger brother or younger sister of one's father.

See also

• น้า (náa, “younger brother or younger sister of one's mother”)
• ป้า (bpâa, “elder sister of one's parent”)
• ลุง (lung, “elder brother of one's parent”)

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

อา • (aa)

1. ah.