Phoenician
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Etymology
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From Proto-Canaanite , from Proto-Sinaitic , from Egyptian 𓃾 (see kꜣ) representing an ox head, whence the letter name 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp, “head of cattle”).
𐤀 (ʾ)
- The first letter of the Phoenician abjad, called aleph.
Descendants
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- Ancient Greek: Α (A)
- Coptic: Ⲁ (A)
- Cyrillic: А (A)
- Gothic: 𐌰 (a)
- Old Italic: 𐌀
- Aramaic: 𐡀 (ʾ)
- Hebrew: א
- Syriac: ܐ, ܐ, ܐ
- Pahlavi:
- Inscriptional Pahlavi: 𐭠 (ʾ)
- Inscriptional Parthian: 𐭀 (ʾ)
- Psalter Pahlavi: 𐮀 (ʾ)
- Avestan: 𐬀 (a), 𐬁 (ā)
- Nabataean: 𐢀, 𐢁 (ʾ)
- Mandaic: ࡀ
- Hatran: 𐣠 (ʾ)
- Palmyrene: 𐡠 (ʾ)
- Elymaic: 𐿠 (𐿠)
- Kharosthi:𐨀
- (debated) Brahmi: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)
- Letter styles
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Phoenician 𐤀 (ʼ, “aleph”)
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Phoenician letter 𐤀 (ʼ, “aleph”)