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]

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

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

Arabic letter tāʔ

Acehnese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت (ta) (no case)

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

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/
- Audio: (file)
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tāʔ) (no case)

The third letter of the Arabic alphabet, called تَاء (tāʔ) and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ب (b) and followed by ث (ṯ).

Symbol

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tāʔ)

The twenty-second numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ش (š) and followed by ث (ṯ).
short for تِلِفون (tilifōn, “telephone (number)”) Used before phone numbers.
ت. 12345678 ― Phone No. 12345678
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)

Form of ة (when further suffixed with a possessive pronoun).
(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)

particle denoting an oath, used only in تَٱللّٰهِ (tal-lāhi)

Verb

ت • (t)

abbreviation of تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya, “died”)

Noun

ت • (t)

abbreviation of تَحْقِيق (taḥqīq)

Azerbaijani

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Balti

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

Letter

ت (t) (no case)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /t/, [t]

Letter

ت (transliteration needed) (no case)

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

Central Kurdish

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’) (no case)

The fifth letter of the Central Kurdish alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Chinese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʰ/, [tʰ]

Letter

ت (t) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad, written in the Arabic script.

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) (no case)

The third letter of the Egyptian Arabic alphabet, called ته (tih) and written in the Arabic script; 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)

Conjugates past-tense first-person singular verbs from third-person masculine forms.
‎عمل (ʕamal, “he did”) + ‎ـت → ‎عملت (ʕamalt, “I did”)
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)

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-)

Conjugates subjunctive present-tense second-person masculine verbs from first-person singular forms.
‎تـ + ‎اعمل (aʕmil, “I do”) → ‎تعمل (tiʕmil, “you [m.] do”)
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’) (no case)

The eighteenth letter of the Hausa alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (t) (no case)

The fifth letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پھ and followed by تھ.

Kazakh

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (t) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent Т or т)

The fourth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ج.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت (te) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ٹ.

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

ت

Wikipedia ^ms

Pronunciation

(Name of letter) IPA^(key): [tɐ]
(Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [t]
(Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [t̚]

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (no case)

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

Mozarabic

Etymology 1

From Latin tū.

Pronoun

ت (tu)

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 tē, accusative of tū.

Pronoun

ت (ti)

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

References

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

Old Ruthenian

Letter

ت • (tʹ) (no case)^[1] (Middle Belarusian Arabica)

A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

References

^ Antonovich (1968), page 193: “ت”

Pahari-Potwari

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Pahari-Potwari alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by پ (p) and followed by ٹ (ṭ).

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ټ.

Persian

Pronunciation

Audio (Iran): (file)

Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (te) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Persian alphabet, called or and written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ث.

Punjabi

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Gurmukhi letter: ਤ (tattā)
(letter name): تے (te)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script.

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـَت • (-at) (Gurmukhi spelling -ਅਤ)

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) (no case)

The fifth letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڀ and followed by ٿ.

South Levantine Arabic

Conjunction

تـ • (ta-)

alternative form of حتّى (ḥatta)
خلّي نا 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)

you
your

Urdu

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت • (te) (no case)

The fourth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ٹ.

Etymology 2

Suffix

ـت • (-at) (Hindi spelling -अत)

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)

-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) (no case)

The fifth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by پ and followed by ج.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ت (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent T or t)

The twenty-second letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ش and followed by اُ.

[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

[3] Antonovich (1968), page 193: “ت”

[1]

[2]

[1]

	singular	plural
1st person	م (mi)	ئیمە (îme)
2nd person	ت (ti)	ئیوە (îwe)
3rd person	ئەۊ (eẅ)	ئوان (wan)