ܢ

ܢ U+0722, ܢ
SYRIAC LETTER NUN
← ܡ
[U+0721] 		Syriac ܣ →
[U+0723]

Translingual

Letter

ܢ

  1. Syriac letter nun

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤍‎ (n, “nun”). Compare Arabic ﻥ‎ (n) and Hebrew נ‎ (n).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [nun]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [n]

Letter

ܢ • (transliteration needed)

  1. nun, fourteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܡ‎
  • Next: ܣ‎

See also
  • ܢܘܢ‎

Numeral

ܢ • (transliteration needed)

  1. number fifty (50)

References
  • “n”, 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. 195a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 325a
  • 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. 882a
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