ت

See also: پ [U+067E ARABIC LETTER PEH], ب [U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH], ث [U+062B ARABIC LETTER THEH], ٮ [U+066E ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS BEH], Ü [U+00DC LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS], and ü [U+00FC LATIN SMALL LETTER U WITH DIAERESIS]

ت U+062A, ت ARABIC LETTER TEH ← ة [U+0629] Arabic ث → [U+062B]

ﺕ U+FE95, ﺕ ARABIC LETTER TEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﺔ [U+FE94] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺖ → [U+FE96]

ﺖ U+FE96, ﺖ ARABIC LETTER TEH FINAL FORM ← ﺕ [U+FE95] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺗ → [U+FE97]

ﺗ U+FE97, ﺗ ARABIC LETTER TEH INITIAL FORM ← ﺖ [U+FE96] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺘ → [U+FE98]

ﺘ U+FE98, ﺘ ARABIC LETTER TEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﺗ [U+FE97] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺙ → [U+FE99]

Translingual

Letter

ت

1. Arabic letter tāʔ

Arabic

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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Azerbaijani

Letter

ت (tā’) (ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت)

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

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

Letter

ت (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

Letter

ت (transliteration needed)

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

Central Kurdish

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)

1. The fifth letter of the Kurdish abjad.

Chinese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰ/, [tʰ]

Letter

ت (t)

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

Hausa

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Hausa abjad.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (t)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پھ (ph)
• Next letter: تھ (th)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ت
Cyrillic	Т, т
Latin	T, t
Yañalif	T, t

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (t)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پ
• Next letter: ج
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت (te)

1. The fourth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پ
• Next letter: ٹ

Malay

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.

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا,‎ ب,‎ ت,‎ ة,‎ ث,‎ ج,‎ چ,‎ ح,‎ خ,‎ د,‎ ذ,‎ ر,‎ ز,‎ س,‎ ش,‎ ص,‎ ض,‎ ط,‎ ظ,‎ ع,‎ غ,‎ ڠ,‎ ف,‎ ڤ,‎ ق,‎ ک,‎ ݢ,‎ ل,‎ م,‎ ن,‎ و,‎ ۏ,‎ ه,‎ ء,‎ ي,‎ ى,‎ ڽ ^[edit]

Mozarabic

Etymology 1

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

ت (tu)

1. you (second-person singular pronoun)
   • c. 1100, Anonymous, Kharja A41 :

     لا تعرس منوني

     a-lā tu qariš^[sic] manūnī

     Come, do you wish my death?

Etymology 2

From Latin tē, accusative of tū.

Pronoun

ت (ti)

1. you (second-person singular object pronoun)
   • c. 1100, Muhammad ibn ‘Ubada, Kharja A1 :

     لفر تِ

     ləgar-ti

     To find you.

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te)

1. The fourth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پ
• Next letter: ټ

Persian

Pronunciation

• Audio (Iran):

  (file)

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (te)

1. The fourth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by پ and followed by ث. Its name is ته or تِ.

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• ਤ (ta)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tā’)

1. The fourth letter of the Punjabi (Shahmukhi) abjad. It is preceded by پ and followed by ٹ

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• (Shahmukhi script letters) ا, ب (b), پ (p), ت (t), ٹ (ṭ), ث (s̱), ج (j), چ (c), ح (ḥ), خ (x), د (d), ڈ (ḍ), ذ (ẕ), ر (r), ڑ (ṛ), ز (z), ژ (ž), س (s), ش (ś), ص (ṣ), ض (ẓ), ط (t̤), ظ (z̤), ع (ʻ), غ (ġ), ف (f), ق (q), ک (k), گ (g), ل (l), ࣇ (ḷ), م (m), ن (n), ݨ (ṇ), ں (ṉ), ہ (h), و (v), ی (y), ے (e) ^{(Category: Punjabi letters)}

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـَت • (-at) (Gurmukhi spelling -ਅਤ)

1. Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.

   ‎پنجابی (panjābī, “Punjabi”) + ‎ـَت (-at) → ‎پنجابیت (panjābiyat, “Punjabi culture, Punjabi-ness”)

Derived terms

Punjabi terms suffixed with ـت

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te)

1. The fifth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet) ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ھ, ء, ي

• Previous letter: ڀ
• Next letter: ٿ

South Levantine Arabic

Conjunction

تـ • (ta-)

1. Alternative form of حتّى (ḥatta)

   خلّينا نستنّى تيرجع.

   ḵallīna nistanna ta-yirjaʕ.

   Let's wait until he comes back.

Southern Kurdish

Alternative forms

• تۆ (to)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *tuHám, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *túH, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Pronoun

Northern Kurdish	tu
Central Kurdish	تۆ (to)

ت (ti)

1. you
2. your

See also

Southern Kurdish personal pronouns

	singular	plural
1st person	م (mə)	ئیمە (iːmæ)
2nd person	ت (tə)	ئیوە (iːwæ)
3rd person	ئەۊ (əæyː)	ئوان (əwaːn)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪eː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪/

Letter

ت • (te)

1. The fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پ (p)
• Next letter: ٹ (ṭ)

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـت • (-at) (Hindi spelling -अत)

1. Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.

   ‎چاہ (cāh, “liking, wish”) + ‎ت (t) → ‎چاہت (cāhat, “desire, fondness”)

Derived terms

Urdu terms suffixed with ـت

Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इत (-ita).

Suffix

ـِت • (-it) (Hindi spelling -इत)

1. -ed (used to form past adjectives)

Derived terms

Category Urdu terms suffixed with ت not found

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te)

1. The fifth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: پ (p)
• Next letter: ج (j)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت (t)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script t.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ت	ـت	ـتـ	تـ

See also

• Previous letter: ش
• Next letter: اُ