ܬ

ܬ U+072C, ܬ
SYRIAC LETTER TAW
← ܫ
[U+072B] 		Syriac ܭ →
[U+072D]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤕 (t, “taw”). Compare Arabic ت (t) and Hebrew ת (t).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [taw]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [t], [θ]

Letter

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

  1. taw, twenty-second and last letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܫ

Descendants
  • ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐱅 (t²), 𐱆 (t²)

See also

Numeral

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number four hundred (400)

References
  • “t”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 601a
  • 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. 1617a
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