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See also: پ [U+067E ARABIC LETTER PEH], ت [U+062A ARABIC LETTER TEH], ث [U+062B ARABIC LETTER THEH], and ب [U+0628 ARABIC LETTER BEH]

ٮ U+066E, ٮ ARABIC LETTER DOTLESS BEH ← ٭ [U+066D] Arabic ٯ → [U+066F]

Arabic

Etymology 1

Ultimately from the Phoenician letter 𐤁 (bet).

Letter

ٮ (obsolete)

1. The dotless bāʾ is a letter of the Arabic alphabet that was used in ancient Arabic. It is the common archaic form of ب (b, “bāʔ”).

Descendants

• Modern Arabic: ب (b)
  • Persian: ب
    • Sindhi: ٻ
  • Persian: پ

Etymology 2

Ultimately from the Phoenician letter 𐤕 (t, “taw”).

Letter

ٮ (obsolete)

1. The dotless tāʾ is a letter of the Arabic alphabet that was used in ancient Arabic. It is the common archaic form of ت (tāʔ) and ث (ṯāʔ).

Descendants

• Modern Arabic: ت (t)
  • Persian: ت
    • Urdu: ٿ / Shahmukhi: ٿ
      • Urdu: ٹ / Shahmukhi: ٹ (ṭ)
    • Sindhi: ٿ, ٽ, ٺ
• Modern Arabic: ث (ṯ)