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𐡔

𐡔

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Shin (letter).

Arabic shīn

In the Arabic alphabet, according to McDonald (1986), "there can be no doubt that ش‎‎ is a formal derivative of سٕ and that س is descended from 𐡔." but unlike the Hebrew ש Sīn/Šīn and Aramaic 𐡔‎‎ Sīn/Šīn, Arabic س Sīn is considered a completely separate letter from ش Šīn /ʃ/.