ܦܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤐 (p, literally “mouth”); compare Hebrew פֵּא (pé), Arabic فَاء (fāʔ) and Ancient Greek πεῖ (peî). Doublet of ܦܘܼܡܵܐ (pūmā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [peː]

Noun

ܦܹܐ • (pē) f

1. pe (the seventeenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Usage notes

• Pē represents the number eighty in the native numbering system (usually used for ordinal numbers, book publishing data or biblical references).
  • When a mṭalqānā is placed above (ܦ݇), it means 80,000.

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܦ

Assyrian alphabetedit

• ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap)
• ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)
• ܓܵܡܲܠ (gāmal)
• ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ)
• ܗܹܐ (hē)
• ܘܲܘ (waw)
• ܙܹܝܢ (zēn)
• ܚܹܝܬ݂ (ḥēṯ)
• ܛܹܝܬ݂ (ṭēṯ)
• ܝܘܿܕ݂ (yōḏ)
• ܟܵܦ (kāp)
• ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ (lāmaḏ)
• ܡܝܼܡ (mīm)
• ܢܘܼܢ (nūn)
• ܣܸܡܟܲܬ݂ (simkaṯ)
• ܥܹܐ (ˁē)
• ܦܹܐ (pē)
• ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē)
• ܩܘܿܦ (qōp)
• ܪܹܝܫ (rēš)
• ܫܝܼܢ (šīn)
• ܬܵܘ (tāw)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic فَـ (fa-)

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [faː]

Conjunction

ܦ̮ܵܐ • (fā)

1. (dialectal, nonstandard, slang) then, so, hence, thus

   Synonym: ܗܝܼܓܵܗ (hīgāh)

Usage notes

More common with bilingual speakers of Arabic.