ܫ

See also: ᴥ

ܫ U 072B, ܫ SYRIAC LETTER SHIN ← ܪ [U 072A] Syriac ܬ → [U 072C]

Translingual

Letter

ܫ

1. Syriac letter shin

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤔 (š, “shin”). Compare Arabic ش (š) and Hebrew ש (š).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ʃin]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [ʃ]

Letter

ܫ • (transliteration needed)

1. shin, twenty-first letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܪ
• Next: ܬ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐱀 (š), 𐱁 (š), 𐱂 (š)

See also

• ܫܝܢ

Numeral

ܫ • (transliteration needed)

1. number three hundred (300)

References

• “š”, 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. 355a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 553a
• 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. 1496a