ࡀ

Inherited from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ). See there for more.

• (letter name):
• IPA^(key): /ˈhal.qa/
• Rhymes: -alqa

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, [a], [aː], [æ], [æː], [ɑ]; /ɔ/, [ɔ], [ɔː]

ࡀ (a /a, ɔ/)

1. The first and twenty-fourth letter of the Mandaic abjad, called ࡄࡀࡋࡒࡀ (halqa).

• Traditionally repeated at the end of the Mandaic alphabet to make it twenty-four letters, since Mandeans consider it a magic number.

• Mandaic: ࡀ (a /⁠a, ɔ⁠/)

• Mandaic script letters (script appendix): ࡀ, ࡁ, ࡂ, ࡃ, ࡄ, ࡅ, ࡆ, ࡇ, ࡈ, ࡉ, ࡊ, ࡋ, ࡌ, ࡍ, ࡎ, ࡏ, ࡐ, ࡑ, ࡒ, ࡓ, ࡔ, ࡕ, ࡖ, ࡀ ^[edit]
• (non-standard letters) ࡘ
• (ligatures) ࡗ
• (punctuation) ࡞
• (diacritics) ◌࡙࡙

Inherited from Classical Mandaic ࡀ (a), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ). See there for more.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ˈhal.qa/

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /a/, [a], [aː], [æ], [æː], [ɑ]; /ɔ/, [ɔ], [ɔː], [ɒ], [ɒː]

ࡀ (a /a, ɔ/)

1. The first and twenty-fourth letter of the Mandaic abjad, called ࡄࡀࡋࡒࡀ (halqa).

• Traditionally repeated at the end of the Mandaic alphabet to make it twenty-four letters, since Mandeans consider it a magic number.

• Mandaic script letters (script appendix): ࡀ, ࡁ, ࡂ, ࡃ, ࡄ, ࡅ, ࡆ, ࡇ, ࡈ, ࡉ, ࡊ, ࡋ, ࡌ, ࡍ, ࡎ, ࡏ, ࡐ, ࡑ, ࡒ, ࡓ, ࡔ, ࡕ, ࡖ, ࡀ ^[edit]
• (non-standard letters) ࡘ
• (ligatures) ࡗ
• (punctuation) ࡞
• (diacritics) ◌࡛, ◌࡙࡙, ◌࡚