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acrophony
acrophony (æˈkrɒfənɪ) [mod. f. Gr. ἄκρο- (see acro-) + -ϕωνία voice, sound.] The sound of the initial; the use of what was originally a picture-symbol or hieroglyph of an object to represent phonetically the initial syllable or sound of the name of the object; e.g. employing the symbol of an ox, ‘al...
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Acrophony
Acrophony (; Greek: ἄκρος akros uppermost + φωνή phone sound) is the naming of letters of an alphabetic writing system so that a letter's name begins with
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acrophonic
acrophonic, a. (ækrəʊˈfɒnɪk) [f. acrophony + -ic.] Pertaining to acrophony.1909 in Cent. Dict. Suppl. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 7 Jan. 13/1 The Hittite pictographic script which he thought was acrophonic. 1959 A. G. Woodhead Gr. Inscriptions 18 The Greek names for the letters of the alphabet are acroph...
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A (Indic)
In the acrophony of the Thai script, ang (อ่าง) means 'basin'. O ang corresponds to the Sanskrit character 'अ'. In the acrophony of the Thai script, nokhuk (นกฮูก) means 'owl'.
Kaithi A
A (𑂃) is a vowel of the Kaithi abugida.
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acrophonetic
acrophonetic, a. (ˌækrəʊfəʊˈnɛtɪk) [mod. f. Gr. ἄκρο-, see acro- + ϕωνητ-ός to be uttered + -ic.] Pertaining to acrophony.1866 Felton Anc. & Mod. Greece I. iii. 49 The principle of this alphabetic element has received the technical name of acrophonetic, or the principle of initial sounds.
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Ṭa (Indic)
In the acrophony of the Thai script, chada (ชฎา) means 'headdress'. Do chada and to patak both correspond to the Devanagari character 'ट'. In the acrophony of the Thai script, patak (ปฏัก) means '(cattle) goad'. Do chada and to patak both correspond to the Devanagari character 'ट'.
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Alphabet
Acrophony
In Phoenician, each letter got associated with a word that begins with that sound. In Cyrillic, originally, acrophony was present using Slavic words.
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Turned A
According to the principle of acrophony, the letter A originated from the Proto-Sinatic alphabet as a symbol representing the head of an ox or cow (aleph
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Bet (letter)
.; ultimately all from Proto-Semitic *bayt-), and appears to derive from an Egyptian hieroglyph of a house by acrophony.
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截头表音法
截头表音法(Acrophony,)指字母名称是以该字母开首的单字。
希腊字母是以截头表音法命名,例如字母α、β的名称分别是、。
原始迦南字母是截头表音法的范例。表示发音 /a/ 的字母是象征「牛(读音 ʾalp)」的象形文字,因此把该字母命名为「牛( ʾalp)」,后来演化为拉丁字母 A。
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Muqattaʿat
Interpretations
Acrophony
Abd Allah ibn Abbas and Abdullah ibn Masud, as cited by Abu Hayyan al-Gharnati in his Bahr al-Muhit, are said to have favored
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希腊数字
希腊最早的记数系统是首字母(acrophony)的阿提卡数字,同罗马数字的运作非常相似(罗马数字就是借鉴了希腊数字),使用以下的公式:
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从前4世纪起,阿提卡数字被一个半十进制的字母系统取代,也被称为爱奥尼亚数字。
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Ṅa (Indic)
In the acrophony of the Thai script, ngu (งู) means ‘snake’. Ngo ngu corresponds to the Sanskrit character ‘ङ’.
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Ja (Indic)
In the acrophony of the Thai script, chang (ช้าง) means 'elephant'. Cho chang corresponds to the Sanskrit character 'ज'. In the acrophony of the Thai script, so (โซ่) means 'chain'. Old Thai had the voiced fricative sound /z/.
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Kha (Indic)
Kho Khai
In the acrophony of the Thai script, khai (ไข่) means ‘egg’. Kho khai corresponds to the Sanskrit character ‘ख’. Kho Khuat
In the acrophony of the Thai script, khuat (ขวด) means ‘bottle’.
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