ܩܘܦ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology 1

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤒𐤅𐤐 (qwp, literally “needle eye”); compare Hebrew קוּף (kuf), Arabic قَاف (qāf) and Ancient Greek ϙόππᾰ (qóppă).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qopː]

Noun

ܩܘܿܦ • (qōp) f

1. qoph (the nineteenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Usage notes

• Qōp represents the number hundred in the native numbering system (usually used for ordinal numbers, book publishing data or biblical references).

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܩ

Assyrian letter namesedit

• ܐܵܠܲܦ (ālap)
• ܒܹܝܬ݂ (bēṯ)
• ܓܵܡܲܠ (gāmal)
• ܕܵܠܲܬ݂ (dālaṯ)
• ܗܹܐ (hē)
• ܘܲܘ (waw)
• ܙܹܝܢ (zēn)
• ܚܹܝܬ݂ (ḥēṯ)
• ܛܹܝܬ݂ (ṭēṯ)
• ܝܘܿܕ݂ (yōḏ)
• ܟܲܦ (kap)
• ܠܵܡܲܕ݂ (lāmaḏ)
• ܡܝܼܡ (mīm)
• ܢܘܼܢ (nūn)
• ܣܸܡܟܲܬ݂ (simkaṯ)
• ܥܹܐ (ˁē)
• ܦܹܐ (pē)
• ܨܵܕ݂ܹܐ (ṣāḏē)
• ܩܘܿܦ (qōp)
• ܪܹܝܫ (rēš)
• ܫܝܼܢ (šīn)
• ܬܲܘ (taw)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [qopː]

Noun

ܩܘܿܦ • (qōp) m sg (plural ܩܘܿܦܲܝ̈ (qōpay), feminine ܩܘܿܦܲܬ݂ (qōpaṯ))

1. construct state singular of ܩܘܿܦܵܐ (qōpā, “monkey”)