ܡ

ܡ

ܡ U+0721, ܡ SYRIAC LETTER MIM ← ܠ [U+0720] Syriac ܢ → [U+0722]

Translingual

Letter

ܡ

1. Syriac letter meem

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Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤌‎ (m, “mem”). Compare Arabic ﻡ‎ (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
• Next: ܢ‎

See also

• ܡܝܡ‎

Numeral

ܡ • (transliteration needed)

1. 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