Usually means: First letter of Arabic alphabet.
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  5. alif: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (alif)

▸ noun:  The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: ا (ʔalif).

Similar:
qaaf, Allah, daal, dhaal, alfakih, alfaki, alfa, madda, MADD, zayn, more...

Opposite:
taw, baa, jeem, khaa

Types:
hamza, alif maqsura, alif madya, more...

Phrases:
Alif Laila, Alif Allah Aur Insaan, Yunus Alif, Dagger alif, Haa Alif Atoll, more...

Adjectives:
single, initial, laparoscopic, final, long, prothetic, medial, arabic, open, connective

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Similar:
qaaf, Allah, daal, dhaal, alfakih, alfaki, alfa, madda, MADD, zayn, more...

Opposite:
taw, baa, jeem, khaa

Types:
hamza, alif maqsura, alif madya, more...

Phrases:
Alif Laila, Alif Allah Aur Insaan, Yunus Alif, Dagger alif, Haa Alif Atoll, Alif Noon, Alif Dhaal Atoll, more...

Adjectives:
single, initial, laparoscopic, final, long, prothetic, medial, arabic, open, connective



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