ت

See also: ـت, 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]
U+FE95, ﺕ
ARABIC LETTER TEH ISOLATED FORM

[U+FE94]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE96]
U+FE96, ﺖ
ARABIC LETTER TEH FINAL FORM

[U+FE95]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE97]
U+FE97, ﺗ
ARABIC LETTER TEH INITIAL FORM

[U+FE96]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE98]
U+FE98, ﺘ
ARABIC LETTER TEH MEDIAL FORM

[U+FE97]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B
[U+FE99]

Translingual

Letter

ت

  1. Arabic letter tāʔ

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ta]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [t]

Letter

ت (ta)

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

Forms

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

See also

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 ().

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 ().
  2. short for تِلِفون (tilifōn, telephone (number)) Used before phone numbers.
    ت. 12345678Phone 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

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 (t)

  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.

Egyptian Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ت (t). Letter name from Ottoman Turkish [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t], [d] (before voiced stops, except ʔ)

Letter

ت • (t)

  1. The third letter of the Arabic alphabet, named ته (tih). It is preceded by ب (b) and followed by ث (s).

Etymology 2

Merger of Arabic ـتُ (-tu) and ـتَ (-ta).

Pronunciation

Suffix

ـت • (-t)

  1. Conjugates past-tense first-person singular verbs from third-person masculine forms.
    عمل (ʕamal, he did) + ‎ـت → ‎عملت (ʕamalt, I did)
  2. Conjugates past-tense second-person masculine verbs from third-person masculine forms.
    عمل (ʕamal, he did) + ‎ـت → ‎عملت (ʕamalt, you [m.] did)
Usage notes

Results in ـيت (-ēt) when attached after ـى (-a) or a geminate.

بنى (bana, he built) + ‎ـت → ‎بنيت (banēt, I built; you [m.] built)
حبّ (ḥabb, he loved) + ‎ـت → ‎حبيت (ḥabbēt, I loved; you [m.] loved)

Etymology 3

From Arabic ـَتْ (-at).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [et] (stressed), [ɪt] (unstressed)

Suffix

ـت • (-it)

  1. Conjugates past-tense third-person feminine verbs from third-person masculine forms.
    حبّ (ḥabb, he loved) + ‎ـت → ‎حبّت (ḥabbit, she loved)
Usage notes

Removes ـى (-a) when attached after it, or results in.

بنى (bana, he built) + ‎ـت → ‎بنت (banit, she built; it built)

Etymology 4

From Arabic تَـ (ta-).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈte]

Prefix

تـ • (ti-)

  1. Conjugates subjunctive present-tense second-person masculine verbs from first-person singular forms.
    تـ + ‎اعمل (aʕmil, I do) → ‎تعمل (tiʕmil, you [m.] do)
  2. Conjugates subjunctive present-tense third-person feminine verbs from first-person singular forms.
    تـ + ‎اعمل (aʕmil, I do) → ‎تعمل (tiʕmil, she does; it does)

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

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

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

Mozarabic

Etymology 1

From Latin .

Pronoun

ت (tu)

  1. you (second-person singular pronoun)
    • c. 1100, Anonymous, Kharja A41:[1]
      لا تعرس منوني
      a-lā tu qariš[sic] manūnī
      Come, do you wish my death?

Etymology 2

From Latin , accusative of .

Pronoun

ت (ti)

  1. you (second-person singular object pronoun)
    • c. 1100, Muhammad ibn ‘Ubada, Kharja A1:[2]
      لفر تِ
      ləgar-ti
      To find you.

References

  1. ^ Jones, Alan (1988) Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London, →ISBN, page 292
  2. ^ Jones, Alan (1988) Romance Kharjas in Andalusian Arabic Muwaššaḥ Poetry (Oxford Oriental Institute Monographs; 9), Ithaca Press London, →ISBN, pages 32-33

Pahari-Potwari

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)

  1. The fourth letter of the Pahari-Potwari (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

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

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

From the Perso-Arabic letter ت (), from the Arabic letter ت (tāʔ).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /teː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /t/, [t̪]

Letter

ت • (te)

  1. The fourth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
Forms
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ت ـت ـتـ تـ

See also

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

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

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 (mi) ئیمە (îme)
2nd person ت (ti) ئیوە (îwe)
3rd person ئەۊ (eẅ) ئوان (wan)

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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 ()

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