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ܟ

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 (k) and Hebrew כ (k).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ܟ (transliteration needed)

  1. kaph, eleventh letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

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See also

  • ܟܦ

Numeral

ܟ (transliteration needed)

  1. (cardinal) number twenty (20)

References

  • k”, 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. 149a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 592a