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]

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: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي ^[edit]
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ت

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

• IPA^(key): [t]

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
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: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 ^[edit]

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 (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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.

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 (ṭ)

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: اکّھر (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ٹ, ث, ج, چ, ح, خ, د, ڈ, ذ, ر, ڑ, ز, ژ, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ک, گ, ل, ࣇ, م, ن, ݨ, ں, ہ, و, ی, ے ^[edit]

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

پنجابیت

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

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): 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, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]
• 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 (mi)	ئیمە (îme)
2nd person	ت (ti)	ئیوە (îwe)
3rd person	ئەۊ (eẅ)	ئوان (wan)

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

رنگت

لاگت

چاہت

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