ܪ

See also: ܕ

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤓 (r, “resh”). Compare Arabic ر (r) and Hebrew ר (r).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃ]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [r]

Letter

ܪ • (r)

1. resh, twentieth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܩ
• Next: ܫ

See also

• ܪܝܫ

Numeral

ܪ • (200)

1. number two hundred (200)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 334a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 524a
• 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 1424a