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Arabic
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Nabataean 𐢝 (š), from Classical Syriac ܫ (š), from Aramaic ש (š), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡔 (š), from the Egyptian 𓌒.
This letter stood for /ʃ/ in Aramaic. 𐢖 was not adopted into the Arabic alphabet because of the following considerations:
Proto-Semitic has three fricatives that became sibilants in descendant languages: ś, š, s. In Arabic ś gave /ʃ/, but š and s merged to /s/. In Old Aramaic all three sibilants were distinguished, and s was represented by 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎 while 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 represented both ś and š. This orthography persisted in later Aramaic even to the time of the Nabataeans, when the pronunciation of ś merged with that of s /s/.
So when a scribe wanted to write the Arabic sound /ʃ/ from ś, he did so by using 𐢝 / س purposefully in order to stick to a letter form that looks the same in the cognate Aramaic words. But when he wanted to write an Arabic sound /s/ from Proto-Semitic š, he would defy the Aramaic spelling for this Proto-Semitic phoneme were he to represent this Arabic phoneme by the sign 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎, whereas Arabic-Aramaic word pairs with the Proto-Semitic s are – somewhat by coincidence – rare and there was hence only negligible pressure to employ 𐢖 / ܣ / ס / 𐡎, in total. So the impression was that 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 / س is the most typical sign to write /s/ while the other possible sign fell out of use.
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س / س / س / س • (sīn)
- The twelfth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ز (z) and followed by ش (š).
- x, unknown mathematical variable
Symbol
[edit]س / س / س / س • (sīn)
- The fifteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ن (n) and followed by ع (ʕ).
See also
[edit]- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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References
[edit]- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, , pages 77–81
Etymology 2
[edit]Shortened form of سَوْفَ (sawfa).
Particle
[edit]سَـ • (sa-)
- will (prefix indicating the future tense)
- يَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا، سَيَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا
- yaqraʔu kitāban, sayaqraʔu kitāban
- He is reading a book, he will read a book.
Synonyms
[edit]- سَوْفَ (sawfa)
Balti
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س (transliteration needed)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س (transliteration needed)
- The twenty-third letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س
- The sixteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.
Usage notes
[edit]- This letter is also used to represent Pinyin initials s- and sh-.
Kashmiri
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (s)
- The twenty-third letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Kazakh
[edit]Alternative scripts | |
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Arabic | س |
Cyrillic | С, с |
Latin | S, s |
Yañalif | S, s |
Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (s)
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]- Previous letter: ز
- Next letter: ش
- (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.
Khowar
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س (sīn)
- The twenty-third letter of the Khowar abjad.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Malay
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س / س / س / س
- The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
See also
[edit]- (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
Etymology 2
[edit]< ٠ | ١ | ٢ > |
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Cardinal : س | ||
Shortened form of اسا, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Numeral
[edit]س (Rumi spelling se)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Pashto
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (sin)
- The twenty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Persian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [siːn]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [siːn]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [sin]
Readings | |
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Classical reading? | sīn |
Dari reading? | sīn |
Iranian reading? | sin |
Tajik reading? | sin |
Letter
[edit]ﺱ / ﺳ / ﺴ / ﺲ • (sin)
- The fifteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ژ and followed by ش. Its name is سین.
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (sīn)
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Sindhi
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (sīn)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Urdu
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /siːn/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /s/
Letter
[edit]س • (sīn)
- The eighteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Uyghur
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س • (se)
- The thirteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
[edit]Yoruba
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]س (s)
Forms
[edit]Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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س | ـس | ـسـ | سـ |
See also
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