ܫܝܢ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Ultimately derived from Phoenician 𐤔 (š, literally “tooth”); compare Hebrew שִׁין (shín), Arabic سِين (sīn), شِين (šīn). Doublet of ܫܸܢܵܐ (šinnā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʃiːn]

Noun

ܫܝܼܢ • (šīn) f

1. shin (the twenty-first letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script)

Coordinate terms

• (symbol) ܫ

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)