Elements Starting with A

ar 3 Medieval Baltic
Lithuanian word meaning "also".

ārā آرا Persian
Persian word meaning "decorate, adorn".

ará Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "family, relative".

ʿArab عرب Arabic
Means "Arabs, Arabian people" in Arabic.

ara coeli Late Roman
Latin phrase meaning "altar of the sky".

aras Lithuanian
Poetic Lithuanian word meaning "eagle".

arashi 嵐 Japanese
Japanese character meaning "storm", a kun reading of lán.

arata 新 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xīn.

ārātrika आरात्रिक Sanskrit
Sanskrit word referring to a ritual in which offerings of lamps or candles are made to various gods.

aravinda अरविन्द Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "lotus".

ʾarbaʿa أربعة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "four".

arbaidiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "work, labour".

arbeit Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "work".

arbën Albanian
Albanian word meaning "Albanian", probably related to Greek Albanoi.

ʾarbiʿāʾ أربعاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "Wednesday", usually written with the definite article: الأربعاء (al-ʾarbiʿāʾ).

arbor Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "tree".

arc Medieval English
Middle English word meaning "chest, coffer", ultimately from Latin arca.

arcana अर्चन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "honouring, praising".

archiater Late Roman
Latin word meaning "doctor, physician".

archos ἀρχός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "master".

ard Old Irish
Old Irish word meaning "high".

ardiz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "crop, produce".

arena Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "sand".

arestos ἀρεστός Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "pleasing".

arete ἀρετή Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "virtue".

argant Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "silver".

argentum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "silver".

argi Basque
Basque word meaning "light".

argyros ἄργυρος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "silver".

ʾari אֲרִי Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "lion".

ari 1 Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "eagle".

ari 2 ἀρι Ancient Greek
Greek strengthening prefix meaning "most".

ari 3 अरि Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "enemy".

ari 4 有 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of yǒu.

arijit अरिजित् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "conquering enemies".

aristos ἄριστος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "best".

ariya 𐎠𐎼𐎡𐎹 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "Aryan, noble".

armbrust German
German word meaning "crossbow".

arn Old High German, Old Dutch
Old High German and Old Dutch word meaning "eagle".

arnaq ᐊᕐᓇᖅ Inuit
Inuit word meaning "woman".

arno Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "eagle".

arô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "eagle" (genitive *arniz).

arsis ἄρσις Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "raising".

arslan Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "lion".

arth Old Welsh
Old Welsh word meaning "bear (animal)".

artha अर्थ Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "goal, purpose, wealth, property".

artos Old Celtic (Hypothetical)
Celtic word meaning "bear (animal)".

aru ару Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "beautiful, charming".

arvo Medieval Finnic
Finnic word meaning "value".

ārya आर्य Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "Aryan, noble".

ʿasa עָשָׂה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to do, to make".

āśā आशा Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "wish, desire, hope".

asa 1 麻 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of má.

asa 2 浅, 淺 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of qiǎn.

ʾasad أسد Arabic
Arabic word meaning "lion".

asahi 1 旭 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xù.

asahi 2 朝日 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "morning sun".

ʿasal عسل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "honey".

ʿaṣama عصم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to protect".

ašarēdu Akkadian
Akkadian word meaning "preeminent".

asc Old High German
Old High German word meaning "ash tree".

ascia Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "axe".

ʿāsha عاش Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to live".

ʾashar אָשַׁר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be happy, to be blessed".

ʾashya אָשְׁיָה Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "support, column, buttress".

ʾaṣīl أصيل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "pure, noble".

asil асыл Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "precious, noble".

asīman असीमन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "boundless, limitless".

āśiṣa आशिष Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "prayer, blessing".

ask Old Dutch
Old Dutch word meaning "ash tree".

askaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "ash tree".

ʾaṣl أصل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "origin, source".

ʾaslama أسْلم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to surrender, to submit".

áss Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "god", referring to one of the Æsir.

assumo Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "to take up, to receive, to assume".

aster ἀστήρ Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "star".

asu 1 飛 Japanese
Japanese nanori reading of fēi.

asu 2 明日 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "tomorrow".

ʾaṣula أصل Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to become rooted".

aśvin अश्विन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "possessed of horses".

ʾaʿṭā أعطى Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to give, to offer".

ʿaṭāʾ عطاء Arabic
Arabic word meaning "gift".

ata Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "father, ancestor".

ʿaṭafa عطف Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to incline, to be fond of".

ʿaṯal עֲתַל Ancient Hebrew (Hypothetical)
Unattested Hebrew word possibly meaning "exalted".

aðal Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "nobility".

aþal Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "nobility".

aþalaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "noble".

aþals 𐌰𐌸𐌰𐌻𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "nobility".

aþn 𐌰𐌸𐌽 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "year".

aþnaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "year".

ātman आत्मन् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "soul, spirit, life".

atsu 1 温, 溫 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of wēn.

atsu 2 篤 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of dǔ.

atsu 3 敦 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "kindness, honesty", a kun reading of dūn.

atsushi 1 淳 Japanese
Means "pure", a Japanese nanori reading of chún.

atsushi 2 敦 Japanese
Japanese word meaning "kindness, honesty", a nanori reading of dūn.

atta 𐌰𐍄𐍄𐌰 Gothic
Gothic word meaning "father".

atto Old High German
Old High German word meaning "father".

attô Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "father".

aud Frankish (Hypothetical)
Frankish word meaning "wealth, fortune".

audaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auds 𐌰𐌿𐌳𐍃 Gothic (Hypothetical)
Gothic word meaning "wealth, fortune".

aują Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "wellness".

aujō Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "island, wetland".

aur Welsh
Welsh word meaning "gold" (of Latin origin).

aura αὔρα Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "breeze".

aurum Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "gold".

austr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "east".

austrą Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "east".

australis Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "southern".

austro Medieval Baltic (Hypothetical)
Baltic word meaning "dawn".

auðr Old Norse
Old Norse word meaning "wealth, fortune".

auxiliator Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "helper".

ʾav אָב Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "father".

ʿavaḏ עָבַד Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to serve, to work, to worship".

avalok अवलोक् Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "to look down".

avanī अवनी Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "earth".

ave Ancient Roman
Latin word meaning "greetings, salutations, hello".

avināśa अविनाश Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "indestructible".

avorŭ аворъ Old Slavic (Hypothetical)
Slavic word meaning "maple tree".

awahaimaz Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "maternal uncle".

awi Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic element of unknown meaning.

awǭ Old Germanic (Hypothetical)
Germanic word meaning "grandmother".

ay 1 English
Phonetic element /eɪ/ in English names.

ay 2 Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "moon, month".

aya 1 彩 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of cǎi.

aya 2 綾 Japanese
Means "design", a Japanese kun reading of líng.

aya 3 絢 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of xuàn.

ayame 菖蒲 Japanese
Means "iris (flower)" in Japanese.

ʿāyana عاين Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to see".

ayāna अयान Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "not moving, natural disposition".

ayana अयन Sanskrit
Sanskrit word meaning "path, progress, going".

ayauly аяулы Kazakh
Kazakh word meaning "beloved, dear".

ayaz Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "dry and cold air".

ayé Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "life, world".

ʿayin עַיִן Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "eye".

āyneh آینه Persian
Persian word meaning "mirror".

ayọ̀ Yoruba
Yoruba word meaning "joy".

ayu 歩, 步 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bù.

ayumi 歩, 步 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bù.

ayumu 歩, 步 Japanese
Japanese kun reading of bù.

ʾayyal אַיָּל Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "deer, gazelle".

azaleos ἀζαλέος Ancient Greek
Greek word meaning "dry".

ʿaẓama عظمة Arabic
Arabic word meaning "majesty, glory".

ʿazar עָזַר Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to help".

azat Medieval Turkic
Turkic word meaning "free", ultimately from Persian.

azata 𐎠𐏀𐎠𐎫 Old Persian
Old Persian word meaning "free, noble".

ʿazaz עָזַז Ancient Hebrew
Hebrew word meaning "to be strong".

ʾazhar أزهر Arabic
Arabic word meaning "shining, brilliant, bright".

ʿazīz عزيز Arabic
Arabic word meaning "powerful, excellent".

àzụ́ Igbo
Igbo word meaning "back, posterior".

ʿaẓuma عظم Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be great".

azurium Late Roman
Medieval Latin word meaning "lapis lazuli, azure".

ʿazza عزّ Arabic
Arabic word meaning "to be powerful, to be cherished".