ܢ

ܢ U+0722, ܢ SYRIAC LETTER NUN ← ܡ [U+0721] Syriac ܣ → [U+0723]

Translingual

Letter

ܢ

1. Syriac letter nun

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤍 (n, “nun”). Compare Arabic ن (n) and Hebrew נ (n).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [nun]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

ܢ • (n)

1. nun, fourteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܡ
• Next: ܣ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰣 (n¹)

See also

• ܢܘܢ

Numeral

ܢ • (50)

1. number fifty (50)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 195a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 325a
• 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 882a