Translingual

Letter

ܦ

1. Syriac letter pe

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤐 ‎(p, “pe”). Compare Arabic ف ‎(f) and Hebrew פ ‎(p).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [pe(ʔ)]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [p], [f]

Letter

ܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. pe, seventeenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܥ
• Next: ܨ

See also

• ܦܐ

Numeral

ܦ • ‎(transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number eighty (80)

References

• “p”, 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. 268a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 432a
• 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. 1150a