yodh

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
  2. A tool used to read a Torah.

词形变化

yodhs plural jod alternative jodh alternative yod alternative yud alternative

词源

Borrowed from Hebrew יו״ד (yo"d, “name of the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *yad- (“hand”). That letter is used also in other Semitic alphabets; it represents the voiced palatal approximant /j/. Doublet of iota, jot, and yod.
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