ܨ

ܨ U+0728, ܨ
SYRIAC LETTER SADHE
← ܧ
[U+0727] 		Syriac ܩ →
[U+0729]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤑 (ṣ, “tsade”). Compare Arabic ص (ṣ) and Hebrew צ (ṣ).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [sˤɑðe(ʔ)]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [sˤ]

Letter

ܨ • (ṣ)

  1. sadhe, eighteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܦ
  • Next: ܩ

Descendants
  • ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰲 (č), 𐰳 (č)

See also
  • ܨܕܐ

Numeral

ܨ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number ninety (90)

References
  • “ṣ”, 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. 297a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 471a
  • 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. 1270a
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