ܟ

ܟ U+071F, ܟ SYRIAC LETTER KAPH ← ܞ [U+071E] Syriac ܠ → [U+0720]

Translingual

Letter

ܟ

1. Syriac letter kaph

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤊 (k, “kaph”). Compare Arabic ك (k) and Hebrew כ (k).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [kɑf]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [k], [x]

Letter

ܟ • (k)

1. kaph, eleventh letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܝ
• Next: ܠ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰚 (k), 𐰛 (k)

See also

• ܟܦ

Numeral

ܟ • (20)

1. number twenty (20)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 149a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 201a
• 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 592a