ܓ

ܓ U+0713, ܓ SYRIAC LETTER GAMAL ← ܒ [U+0712] Syriac ܔ → [U+0714]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤂 (g, “gimel”). Compare Arabic ج (j) and Hebrew ג (g).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ɡɑmal]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [ɡ], [ɣ]

Letter

ܓ • (transliteration needed)

1. gamal, third letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

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See also

• ܓܡܠ

Numeral

ܓ • (transliteration needed)

1. number three (3)

References

• “g”, 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, page 40a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 57a
• 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 197a