𐤀𐤋𐤐

𐤀𐤋𐤐

Moabite

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-.

Numeral

(ʾlp)

1. thousand

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Phoenician

Etymology 1

From Proto-Semitic *ʾalp-.

Numeral

(ʾlp)

1. thousand

Etymology 2

Cognate to Hebrew אלף‎ (álef) and Arabic ألف‎ (ʾalif), the name of the first letter of the Hebrew and Arabic alphabets, respectively.

Noun

(ʾlp)

1. Name of the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet (𐤀‎).

Descendants

• → Ancient Greek: ἄλφα (álpha)
  • Greek: άλφα (álfa)
  • → Arabic: أَلْفَا‎ (ʾalfā)
  • → Asturian: alfa
  • → Bulgarian: алфа (alfa)
  • → Catalan: alfa
  • → Classical Syriac: ܐܠܦܐ‎ (ʾalpā)
  • → Czech: alfa
  • → Dutch: alfa
  • → English: alpha
  • → Finnish: alfa
  • → French: alpha
  • → Galician: alfa
  • → Ge'ez: አልፋ (ʾälfa)
  • → German: Alpha
  • → Hindi: अल्फ़ा (alfā) (perhaps via Arabic)
  • → Hungarian: alfa
  • → Italian: alfa
  • → Irish: alfa
  • → Latin: alpha
  • → Macedonian: алфа (alfa)
  • → Old Armenian: ալփ (alpʿ), այբ (ayb)
  • → Polish: alfa
  • → Portuguese: alfa
  • → Russian: а́льфа (álʹfa)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: а̏лфа (ȁlfa)
  • → Slovak: alfa
  • → Slovene: alfa
  • → Swedish: alfa
  • → Spanish: alfa
  • → Ukrainian: а́льфа (álʹfa)