aleph

English

Alternative forms

alef (Hebrew, Persian)
alif (Arabic)
alaph (Syriac), olaph (Western Syriac)

Etymology

Hebrew אלף‎ (álef), with a Hellenized ph spelling due to influence from alpha.

Noun

aleph (plural alephs)

The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician Aleph 𐤀‎ (ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀‎, Syriac ܐ‎ ('ālaph), Hebrew א‎ (“aleph”) and Arabic ا‎ (ʾalif).

Synonyms

alif (especially of Arabic alif)

Derived terms

Derived terms

Translations

first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet and descendant script

Arabic: أَلِف‎‎ m (ʾalif), (symbol) ا‎‎ (ar)
Catalan: àlef (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 阿列夫 (zh) (ālièfū), 阿利夫 (ālìfu) (Arabic letter also), 艾利夫 (àilìfu)
French: aleph (fr)
German: (Hebrew letter) Aleph n, Alef n
Greek: άλεφ n (álef)
Hebrew: אָלֶף‎‎ (he) f (álef), (symbol) א‎‎ (he)

Italian: alef m, f
Japanese: アレフ (arefu), アリフ (arifu) (Arabic letter)
Malay: alif
Persian: الف‎‎ (fa) (alef)
Portuguese: alef m
Russian: а́леф m (álef), а́лиф m (álif) (Arabic letter)
Spanish: alef n
Yiddish: אַלף‎‎ f (alef)

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