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Ālap
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Aleph is the first letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician 'Ālep Phoenician aleph.svg, Hebrew 'Ālef א, Aramaic Ālap Aleph.svg, Syriac ʾĀlap̄ ܐ, Arabic Alif ا, and Persian.
The Phoenician letter is derived from an Egyptian hieroglyph depicting an ox's head[1] and gave rise to the Greek Alpha (Α), being re-interpreted to express not the glottal consonant but the accompanying vowel, and hence the Latin A and Cyrillic А.
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Graphical characteristics:
Asymmetric, Open shape, Monochrome, Contains curved lines, Has crossing lines.
Category: Alphabets.
Ālap is part of the Aramaic alphabet group.
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