ܥ

ܥ U+0725, ܥ SYRIAC LETTER E ← ܤ [U+0724] Syriac ܦ → [U+0726]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤏 (ʿ, “ayin”). Compare Arabic ع (ʕ) and Hebrew ע (ʿ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ʕe(ʔ)]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [ʕ]

Letter

ܥ • (transliteration needed)

1. ʿe, sixteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܣ
• Next: ܦ

See also

• ܥܐ

Numeral

ܥ • (transliteration needed)

1. number seventy (70)

References

• “ˁ”, 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. 240a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 394a
• 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. 1054a