ܓ

ܓ U+0713, ܓ
SYRIAC LETTER GAMAL
← ܒ
[U+0712] 		Syriac ܔ →
[U+0714]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, “gimel”). Compare Arabic ج (j) and Hebrew ג (g).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [ɡɑmal]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [ɡ], [ɣ]

Letter

ܓ • (transliteration needed)

  1. gamal, third letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܒ
  • Next: ܕ

See also

Numeral

ܓ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number three (3)

References
  • “g”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 40a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 57a
  • 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, page 197a
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