س

From Nabataean 𐢝‎ (š), from Classical Syriac ܫ‎ (š), from Aramaic ש‬‎ (š), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡔‎ (š), from the Egyptian 𓌓.

Indeed this letter stood for /ʃ/ in Aramaic and one must ask why 𐢖‎ from ܣ‎ from ס‎ from 𐡎‎ from 𓊽 has been lost in the Arabic alphabet.

One must mind the three Proto-Semitic sibilants: ś, š, s. In Arabic the first gave /ʃ/, the second and third merged to /s/. In Old Aramaic all were preserved but the the orthography represented s by 𐢖‎ / ס‬‎ / 𐡎‎ but used 𐢝‎ / ש‬‎ / 𐡔‎ for both ś and š, and this orthography persisted even when by the time of the Nabataeans ś had merged to sound as /s/ as s always did.

So when a scribe wanted to write the Arabic sound /ʃ/ from ś, he did so by using 𐢝‎ / س to stick to a letter form that looks the same in the cognate Aramaic words. But when he wanted to write an Arabic sound /s/ from Proto-Semitic š, he would have defied the Aramaic spelling for this Proto-Semitic phoneme had he written 𐢖‎ / ס‬‎ / 𐡎‎, whereas Arabic-Aramaic word pairs with the Proto-Semitic s are rare. So the impression was that 𐢝‎ / ש‬‎ / 𐡔‎ / س is the most typical sign to write /s/.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /siːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س / س‍ / ‍س‍ / ‍س‎ • (sīn)

1. The twelfth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ز‎ (z) and followed by ش‎ (š).
2. X, unknown variable.

س / س‍ / ‍س‍ / ‍س‎ • (sīn)

1. The fifteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ن‎ (n) and followed by ع‎ (ʿ).

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʿ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك‎ (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
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• Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/43075525, pages 77–81

Shortened form of سَوْفَ‎ (sawfa).

سَـ • (sa-)

1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)

   ‏يَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا، سَيَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا‎

   yaqraʾu kitāban, sayaqraʾu kitāban

   he is reading a book, he will read a book

• سَوْفَ‎ (sawfa)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /sin/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س (sīn)

1. The twenty-third letter of the Khowar abjad.

• Previous letter: ݱ‎
• Next letter: ش‎

• (Name of letter, Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): [sen]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [s]

س / س‍ / ‍س‍ / ‍س‎

1. The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

Shortened form of اسا‎, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.

• esa
• ĕsă
• se (se-)
• sĕ (sĕ-)
• sa (sa-)
• să (să-)
• اسا‎

• IPA^(key): [sə]
• Rhymes: -sə, -ə

س (Rumi spelling se‎)

1. one

• satu / ساتو‎
• tunggal / توڠݢل‎
• eka (eka-) / ايک‎ (ايک-‎)
• ahad / احد‎

• se- / س-‎

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /sin/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س • (sin)

1. The twenty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.

• Previous letter: ږ‎
• Next letter: ش‎

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ﺱ / ﺳ‍ / ﺴ / ‍ﺲ • (sin)

1. The fifteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ژ‎ and followed by ش‎. Its name is سین‎.

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /siːn/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س (sīn)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

• Previous letter: ز‎
• Next letter: ش‎

• स (sa)

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /sin/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س • (sīn)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

• Previous letter: ژ‎
• Next letter: ش‎

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /se/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

س • (se)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

• Previous letter: ژ‎ (zh)
• Next letter: ش‎ (sh)