Nabataean alphabet

Nabataean alphabet
Nabataean
Type Abjad
Languages Nabataean language
Time period 2nd century BC to 4th century AD
Parent systems
Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
Child systems Arabic alphabet
ISO 15924 Nbat, 159
Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols.

The Nabataean alphabet is a consonantal alphabet (abjad) that was used by the Nabataeans in the 2nd century BC. Important inscriptions are found in Petra. The alphabet is descended from the Aramaic alphabet via the Syriac alphabet. A cursive form of it in turn developed into the Arabic alphabet from the 4th century, which is why its letterforms are intermediate between the more northerly Semitic scripts (such as the Hebrew) and Arabic.

Nabatean Name Arabic
Alphabet		 Syriac
Alphabet
01 aleph.svg Alaph ا/ء ܐ
02 bet.svg Beth ب ܒ
03 gimel.svg Gamal ج ܓ
04 dal.svg Dalath ﺩ ܕ
05 ha.svg Heh ه ܗ
06 waw.svg Waw ﻭ ܘ
07 zayn.svg Zain ﺯ ܙ
08 ha.svg Heth ح ܚ
09 taa.svg Teth ﻁ ܛ
10 yaa.svg Yodh ي ܝ
11 kaf.svg Kaph ﻛ/ك ܟܟ
12 lam.svg Lamadh ل ܠ
13 meem.svg Meem مم ܡܡ
14 noon.svg Noon ن ܢܢ
15 sin.svg Simkath س ܣ
16 ein.svg 'E ع ܥ
17 fa.svg Peh ف ܦ
18 sad.svg Sad'e ص ܨ
19 qaf.svg Qoph ﻕ ܩ
20 ra.svg Resh ﺭ ܪ
21 shin.svg Sheen س، ش ܫ
22 ta.svg Taw ﺕ ܬ

See also

The Northwest Semitic abjad
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