ܘ

See also: ܘ-

ܘ U+0718, ܘ SYRIAC LETTER WAW ← ܗ [U+0717] Syriac ܙ → [U+0719]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤅 (w, “waw”). Compare Arabic و (w) and Hebrew ו (w).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [waw]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [w], [u], [o]

Letter

ܘ • (transliteration needed)

1. waw, sixth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܗ
• Next: ܙ

See also

• ܘܘ
• ܘ-

Numeral

ܘ • (transliteration needed)

1. number six (6)

References

• “w”, 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. 81a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 107a
• 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. 357a