ܐܒܓܕ

An acronym of the first four letters of the Syriac alphabet, similar to the Greek and Hebrew order: ܐ (alāp) + ܒ (bēt) + ܓ (gāmal) + ܕ (dālat); compare Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad).

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ab.ɡad.]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ab.d͡ʒad.]

ܐܲܒܓܲܕ • (abgad) m

1. (orthography) alphabet, abjad: writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving vowel sounds to be inferred by the reader. This contrasts with true alphabets, which provide glyphs for both consonants and vowels.

• ܐܵܠܲܦܒܹܝܬ (alāpbēt, “Alphabet”)

An acronym of the first four letters of the Syriac alphabet: ܐ (ʾālep̄) + ܒ (bêṯ) + ܓ (gāmal) + ܕ (dālaṯ); compare Arabic أَبْجَد (ʔabjad).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʔab.ɡad]

ܐܒܓܕ • (ʾabgad) m

1. (orthography) alphabet, abjad

• “ˀbgd”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–, retrieved 2012-08-09
• Costaz, Louis (2002) Dictionnaire syriaque-français ∙ Syriac–English Dictionary ∙ قاموس سرياني-عربي, 3rd edition, Beirut: Dar El-Machreq, page 1b
• Sokoloff, Michael (2009) A Syriac Lexicon: A Translation from the Latin, Correction, Expansion, and Update of C. Brockelmann's Lexicon Syriacum, Winona Lake, Indiana, Piscataway, New Jersey: Eisenbrauns; Gorgias Press, page 1b