The origin of vowel अ: is from Brahmi. It is used as a matra with Swar and
Vyanjan but is not written in its original form like other vowels like अं,आँ ….
Matra of अ: appears frequently in Sanskrit texts/words. Sanskrit
words (तत्सम शब्द) which often appear in Hindi have matra of अ:.
· Matra of अ: resembles the punctuation mark colon (:). So it
should not be confused with the colon.
·
Pronunciation of अ: is ‘ah’ or ‘ih’ preceding the vowel.
eg.-
देव: - दे + व् + अ + अ: - देव: (ah)
ईश: - ई + श् + अ + अ: - ईश: (ah)
गुरु: - गु + र् + उ + अ: - गुरु: (u ah)
मति: - म + त् + इ +
अ: - मति: (ih)
I am uploading worksheets with
some information about the use of vowel 'अ:'. Hope it is helpful to parents and kids to
understand the matra of ‘Visarg'.
Happy teaching!!!!!
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