Etymology

dalet

da·let
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Today it means: The fourth letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Full definition →

Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 ← Proto-Semitic *dalt-
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  1. Proto-Semitic · derived from*dalt-
  2. Phoenician · derived from𐤃𐤋𐤕“door”
  3. English todaydalet

From Phoenician 𐤃𐤋𐤕 (dlt, “door”), ultimately from Proto-Semitic *dalt-; compare Hebrew דֶלֶת (délet). Doublet of delta.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Semitic*dalt- all →

delta

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