Syriac Pe

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Syriac Pe is a letter of the Syriac alphabet, derived from earlier Semitic scripts, that represents the "p" and sometimes "f" sound in Syriac writing.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Aramaic Pe 1
Syriac Pe canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Syriac letter ⓘ
abjad consonant ⓘ
belongsToAlphabetOf Syriac language ⓘ
linked to: Syriac
category consonant letter ⓘ
correspondsToArabicLetter Arabic Baʼ (historical relation via Phoenician Pe) ⓘ
Arabic Faʼ ⓘ
correspondsToHebrewLetter Hebrew Pe ⓘ
derivedFrom Aramaic Pe ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Pe

Phoenician Pe ⓘ
directionOfWriting right-to-left ⓘ
hasDiacriticVariant Rukkakha form indicating /f/ ⓘ
hasFinalForm ܦ ⓘ
hasInitialForm ܦ ⓘ
hasIsolatedForm ܦ ⓘ
hasMedialForm ܦ ⓘ
hasNameInSyriac ܦܐ ⓘ
hasPhoneticAllophony /p/ ~ /f/ depending on diacritics and position ⓘ
hasTraditionalNameMeaning mouth ⓘ
hasTransliteration f ⓘ
p ⓘ
historicalOrigin Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
numericValue 80 ⓘ
positionInAlphabet 17 ⓘ
representsPhoneme /f/ ⓘ
/p/ ⓘ
script Syriac alphabet ⓘ
scriptFamily Semitic abjads ⓘ
unicodeBlock Syriac ⓘ
usedByReligiousCommunities Assyrian Church of the East ⓘ
Chaldean Catholics ⓘ
Maronites ⓘ
Syriac Christians ⓘ
linked to: Syriacs
usedIn Syriac biblical manuscripts ⓘ
Syriac liturgical texts ⓘ
usedInLanguage Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Chaldean Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
Classical Syriac ⓘ
linked to: Syriac

Western Neo-Aramaic ⓘ
writingSystemType abjad ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician Pe → ancestorOf → Syriac Pe ⓘ
Syriac Pe → derivedFrom → Aramaic Pe ⓘ
linked to: Syriac Pe