ܝ

ܝ U+071D, ܝ SYRIAC LETTER YUDH ← ܜ [U+071C] Syriac ܞ → [U+071E]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤉 (y, “yodh”). Compare Arabic ي (y) and Hebrew י (y).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [joð]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [j], [i], [e]

Letter

ܝ • (transliteration needed)

1. yodh, tenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܛ
• Next: ܟ

Descendants

• ⇒? Old Turkic: 𐰃 (i), 𐰄 (i)
• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰘 (y²), 𐰙 (y²)

See also

• ܝܘܕ

Numeral

ܝ • (transliteration needed)

1. number ten (10)

References

• “y”, 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. 135a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 184a
• 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. 559a