From Nabataean 𐢝 (š), from Classical Syriac ܫ (š), from Aramaic ש (š), from Imperial Aramaic 𐡔 (š), from the Egyptian 𓌒.
This letter stood for /ʃ/ in Aramaic. 𐢖 was not adopted into the Arabic alphabet because of the following considerations:
Proto-Semitic has three fricatives that became sibilants in descendant languages: ś, š, s. In Arabic ś gave /ʃ/, but š and s merged to /s/. In Old Aramaic all three sibilants were distinguished, and s was represented by 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎 while 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 represented both ś and š. This orthography persisted in later Aramaic even to the time of the Nabataeans, when the pronunciation of ś merged with that of s /s/.
So when a scribe wanted to write the Arabic sound /ʃ/ from ś, he did so by using 𐢝 / س purposefully in order to stick to a letter form that looks the same in the cognate Aramaic words. But when he wanted to write an Arabic sound /s/ from Proto-Semitic š, he would defy the Aramaic spelling for this Proto-Semitic phoneme were he to represent this Arabic phoneme by the sign 𐢖 / ס / 𐡎, whereas Arabic-Aramaic word pairs with the Proto-Semitic s are – somewhat by coincidence – rare and there was hence only negligible pressure to employ 𐢖 / ܣ / ס / 𐡎, in total. So the impression was that 𐢝 / ש / 𐡔 / س is the most typical sign to write /s/ while the other possible sign fell out of use.
س / س / س / س • (sīn)
- The twelfth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ز (z) and followed by ش (š).
- x, unknown mathematical variable
س / س / س / س • (sīn)
- The fifteenth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ن (n) and followed by ع (ʕ).
- Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي [edit]
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
- Search for entries beginning with س
- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, pages 77–81
Shortened form of سَوْفَ (sawfa).
سَـ • (sa-)
- will (prefix indicating the future tense)
يَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا، سَيَقْرَأُ كِتَابًا- yaqraʔu kitāban, sayaqraʔu kitāban
- He is reading a book, he will read a book.
س • (s)
- The twenty-third letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.
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- Previous letter: ژھ (ċh)
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س • (s)
- The eleventh letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter С.
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- Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي [edit]
س (sīn)
- The twenty-third letter of the Khowar abjad.
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- (Name of letter, Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): [sen]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [s]
س / س / س / س
- The thirteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
- Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ة, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ڠ, ف, ڤ, ق, ک, ݢ, ل, م, ن, و, ۏ, ه, ء, ي, ى, ڽ [edit]
Shortened form of اسا, from Proto-Malayic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *əsa, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *əsa.
س (Rumi spelling se)
- one
س • (sin)
- The twenty-first letter of the Pashto alphabet.
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sīn
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sīn
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sin
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sin
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ﺱ / ﺳ / ﺴ / ﺲ • (sin)
- The fifteenth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ژ and followed by ش. Its name is سین.
س • (sīn)
- The eighteenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
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- Previous letter: ژ (žē)
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س • (sīn)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.
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- Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي [edit]
- Previous letter: ز
- Next letter: ش
س • (sīn)
- The eighteenth letter of the Urdu abjad.
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- Previous letter: ژ (ź)
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س • (se)
- The thirteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
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- Previous letter: ژ (zh)
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س (s)
- The twentieth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script s.
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