A father.
An old woman, especially a traditional old woman from an eastern European culture.
A baby, child.
A grandmother.
A holy man, a spiritual leader.
A kind of sponge cake soaked in rum-flavoured syrup.
In baby talk, often used for a variety of words beginning with b, such as bottle or blanket.
father
The vowel designated by this mark.
In Arabic script, the vowel point for a, appearing as a diagonal line placed above a letter ( ـَ ) and designating a short a /a/. If the Arabic letters ا (أَلِف (ʔalif)) or ى (أَلِف مَقْصُورَة (ʔalif maqṣūra)) immediately follow, it indicates a long ā /aː/.