ܐ

ܐ U+0710, ܐ
SYRIAC LETTER ALAPH
←
[U+070F]
Syriac ◌ܑ →
[U+0711]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

From Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ, “aleph”), from Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “alef”). Compare Arabic ا (ʔ) and Hebrew א (ʾ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): [ʔɑlaf], [ʔɑlɛf]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [ʔ] or silent

Letter

ܐ

  1. aleph, first letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Old Sogdian 𐼁, 𐼀 (ʾ)
    • Sogdian: 𐼰 (ʾ)
      • → Old Uyghur: 𐽰
        • → Mongolian: ᠠ (a), ᠡ (e)
    • Manichaean 𐫀 (ʾ)
  • ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰀 (a), 𐰂 (a), 𐰁 (a)
    • Old Hungarian: 𐲀 (A)

See also

Numeral

ܐ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number one (1)

References

  • “ˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 1a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1a
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1a
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