ܦ

ܦ U+0726, ܦ SYRIAC LETTER PE ← ܥ [U+0725] Syriac ܧ → [U+0727]

Translingual

Letter

ܦ

1. Syriac letter pe

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤐 (p, “pe”). Compare Arabic ف (f) and Hebrew פ (p).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [pe(ʔ)]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [p], [f]

Letter

ܦ • (transliteration needed)

1. pe, seventeenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܥ
• Next: ܨ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰯 (p)

See also

• ܦܐ

Numeral

ܦ • (transliteration needed)

1. number eighty (80)

References

• “p”, 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, p. 268a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 432a
• 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, p. 1150a