yodh

n. 希伯来语的第十个字母

发音

其它 /jɒd/

词形变化

yodhs 复数 yodhs

别名

jod jodh yod yud

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

  2. 2.

    A tool used to read a Torah.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

letter

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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