ạ

See also: Ạ and Appendix:Variations of "a"

ạ U+1EA1, ạ LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH DOT BELOW Composition: a [U+0061] + ◌̣ [U+0323] ← Ạ [U+1EA0] Latin Extended Additional Ả → [U+1EA2]

English

Symbol

ạ

1. (lexicography, dated) An orthographic ⟨a⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as being the THOUGHT vowel, as in the word "call".

Avokaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə/

Letter

ạ (lower case, upper case Ạ)

1. A letter of the Avokaya alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Rotuman

Letter

ạ (lower case, upper case Ạ)

1. A letter of the Rotuman alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˧˨ʔ]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩ʔ]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔaː˨˩˨]

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Etymology 1

Letter

ạ (lower case, upper case Ạ)

1. The letter a with the underdot.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

Etymology 2

Particle

ạ • (𠶚)

1. (usually polite) Used at the end of the sentence to express formality or politeness, usually to older people

   Chào cụ ạ!

   Hi! (to an elderly person)

Usage notes

• In North Central dialects, traditional speech generally relies on other politeness strategies rather than on sentence-final particles.
• In South Central and Southern dialects, the sentence-initial particle dạ is used instead.

Verb

ạ • (𠶚)

1. (Northern Vietnam) to use the particle ạ when speaking to someone

   Con hư quá! Phải ạ chú đi chứ!

   That's not polite of you! Don't forget to use ạ!