A (‹А, а ,
а›) is the first letter of the
Cyrillic alphabet.
It arose directly from the Greek letter
alpha. In the
Early Cyrillic alphabet its name was "азъ" (old spelling)
az (
azǔ) and it had a numerical value of
1.
In most languages that use Cyrillic, such as
Russian,
Serbian,
Macedonian and
Bulgarian, ‹а› denotes . It may also represent and in languages such as
Ingush and
Chechen.
In the romanization systems for the
Russian,
Bulgarian, and
Ukrainian languages, it is romanized as the Latin letter ‹
A›.
Through history, ‹а› has had various shapes, but today is standardised on one that looks exactly like the Latin
a (including the
italicized form).
Code positions
See also
Category:Vowel lettersar:Аba:А (кирил хәрефе)br:A (kirillek)bg:Аde:Аes:А (cirílico)eo:A (cirila alfabeto)eu:A (Ziriliko)fa:آ (سیریلیک)fr:Аgl:A (Cirílico)xal:Аko:Аit:А (cirillico)he:Аka:Аht:Аmk:А (Кирилица)nah:Аnl:А (cyrillisch)ja:Аce:Аno:Аnn:Аpl:А (cyrylica)pt:А (cirílico)ro:Azru:А (кириллица)simple:A (Cyrillic)sl:Аsr:А (ћириличко)fi:Аsv:Аth:อา (ซีริลลิก)tr:A (Kiril)uk:А (літера)zh:А
