ᨨ

ᨨ (cha)

1. The 15th letter and seventh consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the unvoiced, aspirated palatal consonant /cʰ/.
   • Pali ᨨ (cha, “six”)
   • Northern Thai ᨨᨷᩢ᩠ᨷ (chabàp, “letter, document”)

In the modern vernacular languages, this letter represents the consonant /s/. There has been a strong tendency for the letters ᨨ and ᩈ to merge, and the stacks ᨧ᩠ᨥ and ᨧ᩠ᩈ may only be distinguished by the non-existence of the latter in Pali and Sanskrit.

ᨨ

1. Tai Tham script form of cha (“six”)

Optionally indeclinable.