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

• Next: ܒ

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

• ܐܠܦ

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