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ܡ

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 (m) and Hebrew מ (m).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ܡ (transliteration needed)

  1. meem, thirteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

  • Previous: ܠ
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See also

  • ܡܝܡ

Numeral

ܡ (transliteration needed)

  1. (cardinal) number forty (40)

References

  • m”, 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. 176a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 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, p. 700a