English

Alternative forms

• alef (Hebrew, Persian)
• alif (Arabic)
• alaph (Syriac), olaph (Western Syriac)

Noun

aleph ‎(plural alephs)

1. The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician Aleph 𐤀 ‎(ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ ‎('ālaph), Hebrew א ‎(“aleph”) and Arabic ا ‎(ʾalif).

Derived terms

Synonyms

• alif (especially of Arabic alif)

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