- An
abjad (/ˈæbdʒæd/, Arabic: أبجد, Hebrew: אבגד), also abgad, is a
writing system in
which only
consonants are represented,
leaving the
vowel sounds to...
- when
comparing etymologically to
other Semitic languages. In the
Mashriqi abjadi order س sīn
takes the
place of
Samekh at 15th position; meanwhile, the letter...
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sequences ('alphabetical orderings') for the
Arabic alphabet: Hija'i, and
Abjadi. The Hija'i
order (هِجَائِيّ Hijāʾiyy /hid͡ʒaːʔijj/) is the more common...
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Hebrew dālet ד,
Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃,
Syriac dālaṯ ܕ, and
Arabic dāl د (in
abjadi order; 8th in
modern order). Its
sound value is the
voiced alveolar plosive...
- The
Abjad numerals, also
called Hisab al-Jummal (Arabic: حِسَاب ٱلْجُمَّل, ḥisāb al-jummal), are a
decimal alphabetic numeral system/alphanumeric code...
- 𐤊,
Hebrew kāp̄ כ,
Aramaic kāp 𐡊,
Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and
Arabic kāf ك (in
abjadi order). The
Phoenician letter gave rise to the Gr****
kappa (Κ),
Latin K...
- 𐤍,
Hebrew nūn נ,
Aramaic nūn 𐡍,
Syriac nūn ܢ, and
Arabic nūn ن (in
abjadi order). Its
numerical value is 50. It is the
third letter in
Thaana (ނ)...
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Aramaic waw 𐡅,
Hebrew vav ו,
Syriac waw ܘ and
Arabic wāw و (sixth in
abjadi order; 27th in
modern Arabic order). It
represents the
consonant [w] in...
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Aramaic ʿē 𐡏,
Syriac ʿē ܥ, and
Arabic ʿayn ع (where it is
sixteenth in
abjadi order only). The
letter represents a
voiced pharyngeal fricative (/ʕ/) or...
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differentiated only by
consonant pointing known as iʻjām. The
original ʾabjadī order,
which phonetically resembles that of
other Semitic languages as...
