ܬ

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤕‎ (t, “taw”). Compare Arabic ت‎ (t) and Hebrew ת‎ (t).

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): [taw]
• (sound) IPA^(key): [t], [θ]

Letter

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

1. taw, twenty-second and last letter of the Syriac alphabet

Numeral

ܬ • (transliteration needed)

1. (cardinal) number four hundred (400)

References

• “t”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, p. 601a
• 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. 1617a