ܒ

See also: ܒ-

ܒ U+0712, ܒ SYRIAC LETTER BETH ← ◌ܑ [U+0711] Syriac ܓ → [U+0713]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁 (b, “beth”). Compare Arabic ب (b) and Hebrew ב (b).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [be(j)θ]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [b], [v]

Letter

ܒ • (transliteration needed)

1. beth, second letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܐ
• Next: ܓ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰉 (b¹), 𐰊 (b¹)

See also

• ܒܝܬ
• ܒ-

Numeral

ܒ • (transliteration needed)

1. number two (2)

References

• “b”, 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. 23a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 33a
• 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. 114a