ܡ

ܡ U 0721, ܡ SYRIAC LETTER MIM ← ܠ [U 0720] Syriac ܢ → [U 0722]

Translingual

Letter

ܡ

1. Syriac letter meem

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤌 (m, “mem”). Compare Arabic ﻡ (m) and Hebrew מ (m).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [mim]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [m]

Letter

ܡ • (m)

1. meem, thirteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܠ
• Next: ܢ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰢 (m)

See also

• ܡܝܡ

Numeral

ܡ • (40)

1. number forty (40)

References

• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 176a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246a
• 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 700a