ت

Letter

ت

1. Arabic letter tāʔ

Etymology

From the Nabataean Aramaic letter 𐢞 (l, “taw”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤕 (l, “taw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏴. See also Classical Syriac ܬ (l, “taw”), Hebrew ת (l, “tav”), Ancient Greek Τ (T), Latin T.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /taːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tāʔ)

1. The third letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is تَاء (tāʔ) and it has the sound of English t. It is preceded by ب (b) and followed by ث (ṯ).

Symbol

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tāʔ)

1. The twenty-second letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ش (š) and followed by ث (ṯ).
2. Short for تِلِفون (tilifōn, “telephone (number)”). Used before phone numbers.

   ت. 12345678

   Phone No. 12345678

3. An emoticon representing a face with a large smile, more commonly used on languages that use the Perso-Arabic script like Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu.

   بإمكانك، نأمل، حضور حفل الشواء غدًا^[sic] ت'

Suffix

ـت • (-at)

1. Form of ة (when further suffixed with a possessive pronoun).
2. (obsolete) Dialectal form of ة (-at)
   • أبو النجم العجلي

     اَللّٰهُ نَجَّاكَ بِكَفَّيْ مَسْلَمَتْ / مِنْ بَعْدِمَا وَبَعْدِمَا وَبَعْدِمَتْ
     صَارَت نُفُوسُ الْقَوْمِ عِنْدَ الغَلْصَمَتْ / وَكَادَتِ الْحُرَّةُ أَنْ تُدْعَى أَمَتْ

     allāhu najjāka bikaffay maslamat / min baʕdimā wabaʕdimā wabaʕdimat
     ṣārat nufūsu l-qawmi ʕinda al-ḡalṣamat / wakādati l-ḥurratu ʔan tudʕā ʔamat

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Preposition

تَ • (ta)

1. particle denoting an oath, used only in تَٱللّٰهِ (tal-lāhi)

Verb

ت • (t)

1. Abbreviation of تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya, “died”).

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
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Letter

ت (tā’) (ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت)

1. The fourth letter of the Azeri in Arabic script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

Letter

ت (transliteration needed)

1. The fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

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ت (transliteration needed)

1. The sixth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

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ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)

1. The fifth letter of the Kurdish abjad.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰ/, [tʰ]

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ت (t)

1. The fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

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ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Hausa abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /teː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

ت • (t)

1. The fifth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ta/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/

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ت • (t)

1. The fourth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter Т.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /t̪e/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t̪/

Letter

ت (te)

1. The fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [tɐ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [t]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت

1. The third letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.