س

See also: ش‎, س࣪‎, and س-‎

س U+0633, س
ARABIC LETTER SEEN
← ز
[U+0632] 		Arabic ش →
[U+0634]
ﺱ U+FEB1, ﺱ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN ISOLATED FORM
← ﺰ
[U+FEB0] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺲ →
[U+FEB2]
ﺲ U+FEB2, ﺲ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN FINAL FORM
← ﺱ
[U+FEB1] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺳ →
[U+FEB3]
ﺳ U+FEB3, ﺳ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN INITIAL FORM
← ﺲ
[U+FEB2] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺴ →
[U+FEB4]
ﺴ U+FEB4, ﺴ
ARABIC LETTER SEEN MEDIAL FORM
← ﺳ
[U+FEB3] 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺵ →
[U+FEB5]

Arabic

Etymology 1

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

Indeed this letter stood for /ʃ/ in Aramaic and one must ask why 𐢖‎ from ܣ‎ from ס‎ from 𐡎‎ from 𓊽 has been lost in the Arabic alphabet.

One must mind the three Proto-Semitic sibilants: ś, š, s. In Arabic the first gave /ʃ/, the second and third merged to /s/. In Old Aramaic all were preserved but the the orthography represented s by 𐢖‎ / ס‬‎ / 𐡎‎ but used 𐢝‎ / ש‬‎ / 𐡔‎ for both ś and š, and this orthography persisted even when by the time of the Nabataeans ś had merged to sound as /s/ as s always did.

So when a scribe wanted to write the Arabic sound /ʃ/ from ś, he did so by using 𐢝‎ / س 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 have defied the Aramaic spelling for this Proto-Semitic phoneme had he written 𐢖‎ / ס‬‎ / 𐡎‎, whereas Arabic-Aramaic word pairs with the Proto-Semitic s are rare. So the impression was that 𐢝‎ / ש‬‎ / 𐡔‎ / س is the most typical sign to write /s/.

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /siːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

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 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 (ʿ).

See also

References

  • Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia, volume 49, issue 1, DOI:10.2307/43075525, pages 77–81

Etymology 2

Shortened form of سَوْفَ‎ (sawfa).

Particle

سَـ • (sa-)

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

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /sin/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

س (sīn)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
سـسـسـسـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ݱ‎
  • Next letter: ش‎

Malay

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter, Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [sen]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [s]

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
 <  ٠‎ ١ ٢  > ‎
    Cardinal : س

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sə]
  • Rhymes: -sə, -ə

Numeral

س (Rumi spelling se‎)

  1. (cardinal) one
Synonyms
Derived terms

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /sin/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

س • (sin)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
سـسـسـسـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ږ‎
  • Next letter: ش‎

Persian

Pronunciation

  • Audio(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.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /siːn/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

س (sīn)

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

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
سـسـسـسـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ز‎
  • Next letter: ش‎

Urdu

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /sin/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

س • (sīn)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
سـسـسـسـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ژ‎
  • Next letter: ش‎

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /se/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /s/

Letter

س • (se)

  1. The thirteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
سـسـسـسـ

See also

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