Translingual

Letter

ܢ

1. Syriac letter nun

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤍 ‎(n, “nun”). Compare Arabic ﻥ ‎(n) and Hebrew נ ‎(n).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [nun]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [n]

Letter

ܢ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. nun, fourteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܡ
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See also

• ܢܘܢ

Numeral

ܢ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number fifty (50)

References

• “n”, 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. 195a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 325a
• 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. 882a