ܩ

ܩ U+0729, ܩ SYRIAC LETTER QAPH ← ܨ [U+0728] Syriac ܪ → [U+072A]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤒 (q, “qoph”). Compare Arabic ق (q) and Hebrew ק (q).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [qof]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [q]

Letter

ܩ • (q)

1. qoph, nineteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

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See also

• ܩܘܦ

Numeral

ܩ • (100)

1. number one hundred (100)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 306a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 485a
• 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 1306a