Translingual

Letter

ܟ

1. Syriac letter kaph

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤊 ‎(k, “kaph”). Compare Arabic ﻙ ‎(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

• Previous: ܝ
• Next: ܠ

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