ܚ

ܚ U+071A, ܚ
SYRIAC LETTER HETH
← ܙ
[U+0719] 		Syriac ܛ →
[U+071B]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤇‎ (ḥ, “heth”). Compare Arabic ح‎ (ḥ) and Hebrew ח‎ (ḥ).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [ħe(j)θ]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [ħ]

Letter

ܚ • (transliteration needed)

  1. heth, eighth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܙ‎
  • Next: ܛ‎

See also
  • ܚܝܬ‎

Numeral

ܚ • (transliteration needed)

  1. (cardinal) number eight (8)

References
  • “ḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français : Syriac–English Dictionary, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 93a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 121a
  • 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. 402a
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