“आ” U+0906: Devanagari Letter Aa

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The Devanagari Letter Aa (आ) is a standalone “Other Letter” (Lo) within the Devanagari block. It represents the long vowel sound /aː/. Unlike its dependent form (the vowel sign AA or ‘matra’), this codepoint is used for vowel-initial words in Hindi, Marathi, Sanskrit, and Nepali. It has been part of the Unicode Standard since version 1.1.

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