# ă

| ă | U+0103, &#259; LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH BREVE |
| Composition: | a [U+0061] + ◌̆ [U+0306] |
| ← Ă [U+0102] | Latin Extended-A | Ą → [U+0104] |

## English
### Symbol

ă
* (lexicography) A dictionary transcription for the TRAP vowel

## Jarai
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a/

### Letter

ă (upper case Ă)
* The second letter of the Jarai alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Malay
### Letter

ă
* (obsolete) The second letter of the 1927 – 1972 Malay alphabet, written in Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Polabian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *a, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɐ/

### Conjunction

ă
* and
    Synonym: un

### References

* Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “ə”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 147
* Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “ă”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 35
* Olesch, Reinhold (1962) “a”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 1

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ə/

### Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)
* The second letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ă and written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Slovene
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* (sound): IPA: /aː/, /a/
* (sound, educated): IPA: /ɤ/

### Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)
* (linguistics) Letter used for transcription of Bulgarian letter Ъ / ъ.

### See also

* a
* ä
* á
* à

### References

* Toporišič, Jože (2001) “Slovaropisna pravila”, in Slovenski pravopis (in Slovene), Ljubljana: ZRC SAZU, →ISBN, page 178

## Tuareg
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɐ/

### Letter

ă (upper case Ă)
* A letter of the Tuareg alphabet, written in the Latin script.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ʔaː˧˦]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʔaː˨˩˦]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʔaː˦˥]
* Phonetic spelling: á

### Letter

ă (lower case, upper case Ă)
* The second letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called á and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ cái; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â 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)