𐡀

𐡀 U+10840, 𐡀 IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER ALEPH ← 𐠿 [U+1083F] Imperial Aramaic 𐡁 → [U+10841]

Aramaic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “alef”).

Letter

𐡀 • (ʾ)

1. Aleph, the first letter of the Aramaic alphabet.

Descendants

• Hebrew script: א
• Syriac script: ܐ
• Pahlavi:
  • Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠
  • Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀
  • Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮀
  • Avestan script: 𐬀, 𐬁
• Nabataean script: 𐢀, 𐢁
  • Arabic script: ا
    • N'Ko script: ߊ
• Mandaic script: ࡀ
• Hatran script: 𐣠
• Palmyrene script: 𐡠
• Elymaic script: 𐿠
• Kharoshthi script: 𐨀
• >? Brahmi script: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)