Kannada and Tulu Words Starting with A

Kannada and Tulu Words Starting with A – ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ತುಳುವಿನ ‘ಅ’ ಅಕ್ಷರದ ಪದಗಳು – Kannada and Tulu Words

Kannada Tulu Words Starting with A – Check out ‘A’ aksharada padagalu in Kannada and Tulu
ಕನ್ನಡ ಮತ್ತು ತುಳುವಿನ ‘ಅ’ ಅಕ್ಷರದ ಪದಗಳು

ಕನ್ನಡ ಅ ಅಕ್ಷರದ ಪದಗಳು ( ‘A’ Words in Kannada and Tulu)

Dear readers, in today’s article let’s know many Kannada words starting with the letter A (A Words in Kannada).

A group of words is needed to write any sentence. The role of letters is very important in making those words. Every language has its own set of words.
Without words we cannot write, speak and express our feelings to others.

What is Kannada and Tulu letter ‘ಅ’?

A is the first letter of the Kannada and Tulu alphabet. A is a Kannada/Tulu vowel. Nominative vowels include a and aa. So the letter A also has a role in savarnadirgha sandhi. In sandhikarya lopa sandhi comes akara lopa sandhi.

For example: Avana+Uru = Avanuru. It means that A + Oo = Oo in Sandhi function.

History of Kannada Letter ‘A’

The earliest form of akara, the first letter of the Kannada alphabet, is Q. B.C. 3rd century Ashoka inscriptions in Brahmi script. It should be noted that the Akara evolved from the Brahmi script of that time to its present form.

In Ashoka’s Brahmi script, it is three-lined and looks different from the present form. Q. Sh. Some of the changes observed in the Brahmi script of the 2nd century Satavahanas are noteworthy. The lower ends of the letter are curved.

At the top there are triangular ends of the Kadamba. 5th century Q. In the Kadamba script of the 5th century CE, a square head can be observed. In the 6th century inscriptions of the Badamichalukyas of the next century, it gives way to its present form.

In the inscriptions of the Rashtrakutas of the 9th century CE, the individual lines disappear and a single circular line is formed from end to end, which looks very close to the present form. The same form became fixed in the following centuries, and the present form for round shape was adopted in the 18th century AD.

This first letter of the Kannada alphabet represents two short vowels. One, the common ‘Vivruta Madhya Agola’ vowel; Another is the ‘Madhya Agola’ vowel found in the pronunciation of some.

The difference between these two can be observed in the pronunciation of words like ‘Atte’ (she is my mother-in-law’; sadly I am ‘mother-in-law’), father (he is my ‘father’; ‘father’ from shop).

Following table contains ‘A’ Words in Kannada and Tulu

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