ܘ

See also: ܘ-
ܘ U+0718, ܘ
SYRIAC LETTER WAW
← ܗ
[U+0717] 		Syriac ܙ →
[U+0719]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤅 (w, “waw”). Compare Arabic و (w) and Hebrew ו (w).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [waw]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [w], [u], [o]

Letter

ܘ • (transliteration needed)

  1. waw, sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܗ
  • Next: ܙ

See also

Numeral

ܘ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number six (6)

References
  • “w”, 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, p. 81a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 107a
  • 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. 357a
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