ܥ U+0725, ܥ
SYRIAC LETTER E
ܤ
[U+0724]
Syriac ܦ
[U+0726]

Classical Syriac edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿ, ayin). Compare Arabic ع (ʕ) and Hebrew ע (ʿ).

Pronunciation edit

Letter edit

ܥ (transliteration needed)

  1. ʿe, sixteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms edit

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See also edit

Numeral edit

ܥ (transliteration needed)

  1. number seventy (70)

References edit

  • ˁ”, 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. 240a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 394a
  • 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. 1054a