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ܝ

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ܝ U+071D, ܝ
SYRIAC LETTER YUDH
ܜ
[U+071C]
Syriac ܞ
[U+071E]

Classical Syriac

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤉 (y, yodh). Compare Arabic ي (y) and Hebrew י (y).

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): [joð]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [j], [i], [e]

Letter

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ܝ (transliteration needed)

  1. yodh, tenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

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  • Previous: ܛ
  • Next: ܟ

Descendants

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  • ? Old Turkic: 𐰃 (i), 𐰄 (i)
  • Old Turkic: 𐰘 (), 𐰙 ()

See also

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Numeral

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ܝ (transliteration needed)

  1. number ten (10)

References

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  • y”, 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. 135a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 184a
  • 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. 559a