Talk:Tsade/Archive 1

Latest comment: 18 years ago by Sputnikcccp in topic /ts/
Archive 1

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did tsade ever have a phonetic value /ts/ 86.138.219.190 16:31, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. "In modern Hebrew, tzade is pronounced as a voiceless alveolar affricate (IPA: /ʦ/)" СПУТНИКCCC P 21:18, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Only in modern Hebrew. This is probably from German, where the letter z is sometimes pronounced as ʦ. But the original pronunciation was the same as it is in Arabic.

Ṣādē is the true pronunciation in Sephardic/Miḍhrahi Hebrew, Aramaic and Arabic.

Tz is from Yiddish which affected Ashkenazi use of Hebrew.