Translingual

Letter

ܫ

1. Syriac letter shin

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔 ‎(š, “shin”). Compare Arabic ش ‎(š) and Hebrew ש ‎(š).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ʃin]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [ʃ]

Letter

ܫ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. shin, twenty-first letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܪ
• Next: ܬ

See also

• ܫܝܢ

Numeral

ܫ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number three hundred (300)

References

• “$”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 355a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 553a
• 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. 1496a