Phoenician alphabet
Corresponding letter in
Letter Name
Meaning
Ph.
Assyrian Syriac He.
Ar.
Greek
Latin
Cyr.
’āleph
Ox (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺑﻘﺮة‬
,
‫ܐ‬
‫א‬
‫ا‬
Αα
Aa
Аа
bēth
House (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺑﻴﺖ‬
b
‫ܒ‬
‫ב‬
‫ب‬
Ββ
Bb
Бб, Вв
gīmel
Camel (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫ﺑﻌﻴﺮ‬/‫)ﺟﻤﻞ‬
g
‫ܓ‬
‫ג‬
‫ج‬
Γγ
Cc, Gg
Гг
dāleth
Door (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺑﺎب‬
d
‫ܕ‬
‫ד‬
‫د‬,‫ذ‬
Δδ
Dd
Дд
hē
Window
(Assyrain:TBD) (Arabic:
‫ﺷﺒﺎك‬/‫)ﻧﺎﻓﺬة‬
h
‫ܗ‬
‫ה‬
‫هـ‬
Εε
Ee
Ее, Єє
wāw
Hook (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺧﻄﺎف‬
w
‫ܘ‬
‫ו‬
‫و‬
zayin
Weapon (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺳﻼح‬
z
‫ܙ‬
‫ז‬
‫ز‬
Ζζ
Zz
Зз
ḥēth
Wall (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺟﺪار‬
h
‫ܚ‬
‫ח‬
‫ح‬,‫خ‬
Ηη
Hh
Ии
Yy, Ff,
Vv,
Uu,
Υυ, (Ϝϝ)
Ww
Уу
ṭēth
Good (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺟﻴﺪ‬
ṭ
‫ܛ‬
‫ט‬
‫ط‬,‫ظ‬
Θθ
Þþ
(Ѳѳ)
yōdh
Hand (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﻳﺪ‬
y
‫ܝ‬
‫י‬
‫ي‬
Ιι
Ii, Jj
Іі, Її, Јј
k
‫ܟ‬
‫כ‬,‫ך‬
‫ك‬
Κκ
Kk
Кк
l
‫ܠ‬
‫ל‬
‫ل‬
Λλ
Ll
Лл
Palm (of a hand)
kaph (Assyrain:TBD) (Arabic:
‫ﻒ‬
ّ ‫)آ‬
lāmedh Goad (Assyrain:TBD)
mēm
Water (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﻣﺎء‬
m
‫ܡ‬
‫מ‬,‫ם‬
‫م‬
Μμ
Mm
Мм
nun
Serpent (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺛﻌﺒﺎن‬
n
‫ܢ‬
‫נ‬,‫ן‬
‫ن‬
Νν
Nn
Нн
s
‫ܣ‬/
‫ܤ‬
‫ס‬
‫س‬
‫ܥ‬
‫ע‬
‫ع‬,‫غ‬
Οο
Oo
Оо
p
‫ܦ‬
‫פ‬,‫ף‬
‫ف‬
Ππ
Pp
Пп
s
‫ܨ‬
‫צ‬,‫ץ‬
‫ص‬,‫ض‬
Fish (Assyrain:TBD)
sāmekh
(Arabic: ‫ )ﺳﻤﻜﺔ‬pillar
’ayin
Eye (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﻋﻴﻦ‬
pē
Mouth (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﻓﻢ‬
Papyrus plant
ṣādē (Assyrain:TBD) (Arabic:
‫)ﻧﺒﺎت اﻟﺒﺮدي‬
Ξξ,
poss. Xx
poss. Χχ
(
)
(Ѯѯ),
poss.
Хх
Цц, Чч
Eye of a needle
qōph (Assyrain:TBD) (Arabic:
‫)ﺳ ّﻢ اﻟﺨﻴﺎط‬
q
‫ܩ‬
‫ק‬
‫ق‬
(Ϙϙ)
Qq
rēš
Head (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)راْس‬
r
‫ܪ‬
‫ר‬
‫ر‬
Ρρ
Rr
Рр
šin
tooth (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﺳﻦ‬
š
‫ܫ‬
‫ש‬
‫ش‬
Σσς
Ss
Сс,
Шш
tāw
Mark (Assyrain:TBD)
(Arabic: ‫)ﻋﻼﻣﺔ‬
t
‫ܬ‬
‫ת‬
‫ت‬,‫ث‬
Ττ
Tt
Тт
The Aramaic alphabet, a modified form of Phoenician, was the ancestor of the modern Arabic and Hebrew
scripts, as well as the Brāhmī script, the parent writing system of most modern abugidas in India, Southeast
Asia, Tibet, and Mongolia. The Greek alphabet (and by extension its descendants such as the Latin, the Cyrillic
and the Coptic), was a direct successor of Phoenician, though certain letter values were changed to represent
vowels. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenician_alphabet)