Dalet (letter) in the context of "Ancient North Arabian"

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⭐ Core Definition: Dalet (letter)

Dalet (dāleth, also spelled Daleth or Daled) is the fourth letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician dālt 𐤃, Hebrew dālet ד‎, Aramaic dālaṯ 𐡃, Syriac dālaṯ ܕ, and Arabic dāl د‎ (in abjadi order; 8th in modern order). Its sound value is the voiced alveolar plosive ([d]). It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪕‎‎, South Arabian 𐩵, and Ge'ez ደ.

The letter is based on a glyph of the Proto-Sinaitic script, probably called dalt 'door' (door in Modern Hebrew is delet), ultimately based on a hieroglyph depicting a door:

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Dalet (letter) in the context of Delta (letter)

Delta (/ˈdɛltə/ DEL-tə; uppercase Δ, lowercase δ; Greek: δέλτα, délta, [ˈðelta]) is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of four. It was derived from the Phoenician letter dalet 𐤃. Letters that come from delta include the Latin D and the Cyrillic Д.

A river delta (originally, the delta of the Nile River) is named so because its shape approximates the triangular uppercase letter delta. Contrary to a popular legend, this use of the word delta was not coined by Herodotus.

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Letter (alphabet) → Semitic abjads → Phoenician alphabet → Hebrew alphabet → Aramaic alphabet → Syriac alphabet → Arabic Alphabet → Abjadi order → Voiced alveolar plosive → Ancient North Arabian → Ancient South Arabian script → Geʽez script → Proto-Sinaitic script → Egyptian hieroglyphs →