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Alif vs Aleph - What's the difference?

alif | aleph | Synonyms |

Alif is a synonym of aleph.


As nouns the difference between alif and aleph

is that alif is the first letter of the arabic alphabet: while aleph is the first letter of the proto-canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended semitic scripts, such as phoenician aleph.

alif

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The first letter of the Arabic alphabet: .

    • See also

    * aleph

    Anagrams

    * * ----

    aleph

    English

    (wikipedia aleph)

    Alternative forms

    * alef * alif (Arabic) * alaph (Syriac), olaph (Western Syriac)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician Aleph .

    • Derived terms

    * aleph-null * aleph-zero * aleph-one * alpha * alphabet

    Synonyms

    * alif (especially of Arabic alif)