ܩܘܦ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤒𐤅𐤐 (qwp, literally “needle eye”); compare Hebrew קוּף (kuf), Arabic قَاف (qāf) and Ancient Greek ϙόππᾰ (qóppa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qopː]

Noun

ܩܘܿܦ • (qōp) f

1. qoph (the nineteenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܩ
• (Assyrian letter names) ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap), ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ), ܓܵܡܲܠ (gāmal), ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ), ܗܹܐ (hē), ܘܲܘ (waw), ܙܹܝܢ (zēn), ܚܹܝܬ݂ (ḥēṯ), ܛܹܝܬ݂ (ṭēṯ), ܝܘܿܕ݂ (yōḏ), ܟܲܦ (kap), ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ (lāmaḏ), ܡܝܼܡ (mīm), ܢܘܼܢ (nūn), ܣܸܡܟܲܬ݂ (simkaṯ), ܥܹܐ (ˁē), ܦܹܐ (pē), ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē), ܩܘܿܦ (qōp), ܪܹܝܫ (rēš), ܫܝܼܢ (šīn), ܬܲܘ (taw), ^{(Category: aii:Syriac letter names)}

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qopː]

Noun

ܩܘܿܦ • (qōp) m sg (plural ܩܘܿܦܲܝ̈ (qōpay), feminine ܩܘܿܦܲܬ݂ (qōpaṯ))

1. construct state singular of ܩܘܿܦܵܐ (qōpā, “monkey”)