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See also: ش, س࣪, and س-

س U+0633, س
ARABIC LETTER SEEN
ز
Arabic ش
U+FEB1, ﺱ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN ISOLATED FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FEB2, ﺲ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN FINAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FEB3, ﺳ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN INITIAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B
U+FEB4, ﺴ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN MEDIAL FORM

Arabic Presentation Forms-B

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Further information

This letter stood for /ʃ/ in Aramaic. 𐢖 was not adopted into the Arabic alphabet because of the following considerations:

Proto-Semitic has three fricatives that became sibilants in descendant languages: ś, š, s. In Arabic ś gave /ʃ/, but š and s merged to /s/. In Old Aramaic all three sibilants were distinguished, and s was represented by 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎 while 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 represented both ś and š. This orthography persisted in later Aramaic even to the time of the Nabataeans, when the pronunciation of ś merged with that of s /s/.

So when a scribe wanted to write the Arabic sound /ʃ/ from ś, he did so by using 𐢝 / س purposefully in order 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 defy the Aramaic spelling for this Proto-Semitic phoneme were he to represent this Arabic phoneme by the sign 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎, whereas Arabic-Aramaic word pairs with the Proto-Semitic s are – somewhat by coincidence – rare and there was hence only negligible pressure to employ 𐢖 / ܣ / ס / 𐡎, in total. So the impression was that 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 / س is the most typical sign to write /s/ while the other possible sign fell out of use.

Pronunciation

Letter

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 mathematical variable

Symbol

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 (ʕ).

See also

References

  • Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, issue 1, →DOI, pages 77–81

Etymology 2

Shortened form of سَوْفَ (sawfa).

Particle

سَـ (sa-)

  1. will (prefix indicating the future tense)
    يَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا، سَيَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا
    yaqraʔu kitāban, sayaqraʔu kitāban
    He is reading a book, he will read a book.
Synonyms

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

س (transliteration needed)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

س (transliteration needed)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

Letter

س

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

  • This letter is also used to represent Pinyin initials s- and sh-.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

Letter

س (s)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ژھ (ċh)
  • Next letter: ش (ś)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic س
Cyrillic С, с
Latin S, s
Yañalif S, s

Pronunciation

Letter

س (s)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter С.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

س (sīn)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ݱ
  • Next letter: ش

Malay

Etymology 1

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter, Johor-Selangor) IPA(key):
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key):

Letter

س / س‍ / ‍س‍ / ‍س

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

Etymology 2

Malay cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : س

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Numeral

س (Rumi spelling se)

  1. one
Synonyms
Derived terms

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

س (sin)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ږ
  • Next letter: ش

Persian

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? sīn
Dari reading? sīn
Iranian reading? sin
Tajik reading? sin
  • (file)

Letter

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.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /siːn̪/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /sᵊ/

Letter

س (sīn)

  1. The eighteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ژ (žē)
  • Next letter: ش (šīn)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

Letter

س (sīn)

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

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ز
  • Next letter: ش

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

س (sīn)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ژ (ź)
  • Next letter: ش (ś)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

Letter

س (se)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Letter

س (s)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script s.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
س ـس ـسـ سـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ر
  • Next letter: ش