0700 Syriac 074F

Syriac punctuation and signs

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the end of a paragraph" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks interrogations, imperatives, and pauses, especially in Biblical texts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks subordinate clauses and minor pauses, especially in Biblical texts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks expressions of wonder and has a distinct pausal value in Biblical texts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used at the end of verses of supplications" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "joins two words closely together in a context to which a rising tone is suitable" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks a dependent clause" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the end of a subdivision of the apodosis, or latter part of a Biblical verse" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks a minor phrase division" }

FORMALALIAS_LINE { "text": "SYRIAC SUBLINEAR COLON SKEWED LEFT" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the end of a real or rhetorical question" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "character name is a misnomer" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "a contraction mark, mostly used in East Syriac" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "placed at the end of an incomplete word" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the beginning of a phrase, word, or morpheme that has a marginal note" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "division sign", "cp2": "00F7" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the end of a section with a marginal note" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the beginning of a phrase, word, or morpheme that has a marginal note" }

Syriac format control character

ALIAS_LINE { "text": "SAM" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "marks the beginning of a Syriac abbreviation" }

Syriac letters

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used in East Syriac texts to indicate an etymological Alaph" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used in Garshuni documents" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "ambiguous form for undifferentiated early dalath/rish" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used in Garshuni documents" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "mostly used in East Syriac texts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "used in Christian Palestinian Aramaic" }

Persian letters

Syriac points (vowels)

Syriac marks

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "feminine marker used with the Taw feminine suffix" }

CROSS_REF { "name2": "combining dot above left", "cp2": "1DF8" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "indicates a plosive pronunciation" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "indicates an aspirated (spirantized) pronunciation" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "accent mark used in ancient manuscripts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "accent mark used in ancient manuscripts" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "diacritic used in Turoyo for letters not found in Syriac" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "diacritic used in Turoyo for letters not found in Syriac" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "indication of a silent letter" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "indication of a silent letter" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "also used to indicate numbers multiplied by a certain constant" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "a music mark" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "also used in the Syrian Orthodox Anaphora book to mark the breaking of the Eucharist bread" }

COMMENT_LINE { "bullet": "*", "text": "a diacritic cross used in liturgical texts" }

Sogdian letters