𐡀


𐡀 U+10840, 𐡀
IMPERIAL ARAMAIC LETTER ALEPH
← 𐠿
[U+1083F] 		Imperial Aramaic 𐡁 →
[U+10841]

Aramaic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, “alef”).

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ʔ/, /aː/, /eː/

Letter

𐡀 • (ʾ)

  1. (Imperial Aramaic) Aleph, the first letter of the Aramaic alphabet.

Descendants

  • Hebrew script: א
  • Syriac script: ܐ
  • Pahlavi:
    • Inscriptional Pahlavi script: 𐭠
    • Inscriptional Parthian script: 𐭀
    • Psalter Pahlavi script: 𐮀
    • Avestan script: 𐬀, 𐬁
  • Nabataean script: 𐢀, 𐢁
    • Arabic script: ا
      • N'Ko script: ߊ
  • Mandaic script: ࡀ
  • Hatran script: 𐣠
  • Palmyrene script: 𐡠
  • Elymaic script: 𐿠
  • Kharoshthi script: 𐨀
  • >? Brahmi script: 𑀅 (see there for further descendants)

See also

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