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Classical Syriac
Etymology
Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤁 (b, “beth”). Compare Arabic ب (b) and Hebrew ב (b).
Pronunciation
Letter
ܒ • (transliteration needed)
- beth, second letter of the Syriac alphabet
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- ⇒ Old Turkic: 𐰉 (b¹), 𐰊 (b¹)
See also
Numeral
ܒ • (transliteration needed)
- number two (2)
References
- “b”, 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. 23a
- Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 33a
- 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. 114a