ܬ

ܬ U+072C, ܬ SYRIAC LETTER TAW ← ܫ [U+072B] Syriac ܭ → [U+072D]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤕 (t, “taw”). Compare Arabic ت (t) and Hebrew ת (t).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [taw]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [t], [θ]

Letter

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

1. taw, twenty-second and last letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܫ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐱅 (t²), 𐱆 (t²)

See also

• ܬܘ

Numeral

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

1. number four hundred (400)

References

• “t”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 601a
• 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. 1617a