ܪ

ܪ

See also: ܕ‎

ܪ U+072A, ܪ SYRIAC LETTER RISH ← ܩ [U+0729] Syriac ܫ → [U+072B]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤓‎ (r, “resh”). Compare Arabic ﺭ‎ (r) and Hebrew ר‎ (r).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [re(j)ʃ]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [r]

Letter

ܪ • (transliteration needed)

1. resh, twentieth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܩ‎
• Next: ܫ‎

See also

• ܪܝܫ‎

Numeral

ܪ • (transliteration needed)

1. number two hundred (200)

References

• “r”, 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. 334a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 524a
• 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. 1424a