𐤆

𐤆 U+10906,𐤆 PHOENICIAN LETTER ZAI ←𐤅 [U+10905] Phoenician 𐤇→ [U+10907]

Translingual

Letter

𐤆(z)

1. The seventh letter of thePhoenician abjad,calledzayin.

Phoenician

Alternative forms

• 𐤆𐤍(zn)—Byblian
• 𐤀𐤆(ʾz)—Cypriot

Etymology

FromProto-Semitic*z(/⁠ᵈz⁠/),merged with*ḏ(*ð).CompareBiblical Hebrewזֶה(ze,“this”).Other related words includeHebrewהַזֶּה(hazé),Aramaicדִּי(dī),andArabicذُو(ḏū)andهٰذَا(hāḏā).

Determiner

𐤆(ezde)morf(plural𐤀𐤋)

1. this
   • 9th century BC,Kilamuwa Stela:

     𐤅𐤌𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤄𐤎𐤐𐤓𐤆𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤑𐤌𐤃 𐤅𐤉𐤔𐤇𐤕 𐤓𐤀𐤔 𐤁𐤏𐤋 𐤇𐤌𐤍

     wmy yšḥt hsprzyšḥt rʾš bʿl ṣmd wyšḥt rʾš bʿl ḥmn

     and whoever destroysthisinscription may his head be destroyed by Baal Samad and may his head be destroyed by Baal Hamon

     (literally, “and-who he-destroy inscriptionthishe-destroy head Baal Samad and-he-destroy head Baal Hamon”)

Letter

𐤆(z)

1. The seventh letter of the Phoenician abjad, representing the consonant /z/ ([ᵈz]).

Descendants

• Ancient Greek:Ζ
  • Cyrillic:З
  • Old Italic:𐌆
    • Latin:Z
• Aramaic:𐡆
  • Syriac:ܙ
    • Arabic:ز
  • Hebrew:ז
• (debated)Brahmi:𑀚(see there for further descendants)