ܠ

ܠ U+0720, ܠ SYRIAC LETTER LAMADH ← ܟ [U+071F] Syriac ܡ → [U+0721]

Translingual

Letter

ܠ

1. Syriac letter lamedh

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 (l, “lamedh”); compare Arabic ل (l) and Hebrew ל (l).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [lam.mɑdː], [lam.mɑðː]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

ܠ • (l)

1. lamed, twelfth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܟ
• Next: ܡ

See also

• ܠܲܡܵܕ (lammād)
• ܠ- (l-)

Numeral

ܠ • (30)

1. number thirty (30)

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤋 (l, “lamedh”). Compare Arabic ل (l) and Hebrew ל (l).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [lɑmað]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [l]

Letter

ܠ • (l)

1. lamed, twelfth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܟ
• Next: ܡ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰞 (l¹), 𐰟 (l¹)

See also

• ܠܡܕ
• -ܠ

Numeral

ܠ • (30)

1. number thirty (30)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 166a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 232a
• 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 665a