ܫ

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

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, 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
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