Where does “ܦܐ” come from?
ܦܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic) comes from Phoenician 𐤐, from Phoenician 𐤐𐤉, from Proto-Semitic pay- — the mouth.
ܦܐ (Assyrian Neo-Aramaic): pe the seventeenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script
Definitions
- pe the seventeenth letter of the Assyrian alphabet and Syriac script
Ancestry of “ܦܐ”, step by step
ܦܐ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Phoenician 𐤐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenician | 𐤐 | mouth |
| 2 | Phoenician | 𐤐𐤉 | mouth |
| 3 | Proto-Semitic | pay- | the mouth |
via Arabic فَـ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arabic | فَـ | — |