ܚ

ܚ U+071A, ܚ SYRIAC LETTER HETH ← ܙ [U+0719] Syriac ܛ → [U+071B]

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤇 (ḥ, “heth”). Compare Arabic ح (ḥ) and Hebrew ח (ḥ).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [ħe(j)θ]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [ħ]

Letter

ܚ • (transliteration needed)

1. heth, eighth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms

• Previous: ܙ
• Next: ܛ

Descendants

• ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰴 (q), 𐰵 (q)

See also

• ܚܝܬ

Numeral

ܚ • (transliteration needed)

1. number eight (8)

References

• “ḥ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, p. 93a
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 121a
• 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. 402a