ܡ

ܡ U+0721, ܡ
SYRIAC LETTER MIM
← ܠ
[U+0720] 		Syriac ܢ →
[U+0722]

Translingual

Letter

ܡ

  1. Syriac letter meem

Classical Syriac

Etymology

Ultimately from Phoenician 𐤌‎ (m, “mem”). Compare Arabic ﻡ‎ (m) and Hebrew מ‎ (m).

Pronunciation
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [mim]
  • (sound) IPA(key): [m]

Letter

ܡ • (m)

  1. meem, thirteenth letter of the Syriac alphabet

Coordinate terms
  • Previous: ܠ‎
  • Next: ܢ‎

See also
  • ܡܝܡ‎

Numeral

ܡ • (40)

  1. number forty (40)

References
  • Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 176a
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246a
  • 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, page 700a
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