aleph

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Etymology

Hebrew אלף (álef), with a Hellenized ph spelling due to influence from alpha.

Alternative forms

• alef

Noun

aleph (plural alephs)

1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician Aleph 𐤀 (ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (“aleph”) and Arabic ا (álif).

Derived terms

• aleph-null
• aleph-zero
• aleph-one
• alpha
• alphabet

Synonyms

• alif (especially of Arabic alif)

Translations

first lettter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script

• Arabic: ألف (ar) (ʾálif) m, (symbol) ا (ar)
• Greek: άλεφ (el) (álef) n
• Hebrew: אלף (he) (álef) f, (symbol) א (he)
• Malay: alif (ms)

• Persian: الف (fa) (alef)
• Russian: алеф (ru) (álef) m, алиф (ru) (álif) m (Arabic letter)
• Yiddish: אלף (yi) (alef) f