طاء

See also: ظاء

Arabic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tˤaːʔ/

Noun

طَاء • (ṭāʔ) f (plural طَاءَات (ṭāʔāt))

1. Name of the sixteenth letter of the Arabic alphabet (ط (ṭ)), representing the sound /tˤ/

Declension

Declension of noun طَاء (ṭāʔ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاء ṭāʔ	الطَّاء aṭ-ṭāʔ	طَاء ṭāʔ
Nominative	طَاءٌ ṭāʔun	الطَّاءُ aṭ-ṭāʔu	طَاءُ ṭāʔu
Accusative	طَاءً ṭāʔan	الطَّاءَ aṭ-ṭāʔa	طَاءَ ṭāʔa
Genitive	طَاءٍ ṭāʔin	الطَّاءِ aṭ-ṭāʔi	طَاءِ ṭāʔi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاءَيْن ṭāʔayn	الطَّاءَيْن aṭ-ṭāʔayn	طَاءَيْ ṭāʔay
Nominative	طَاءَانِ ṭāʔāni	الطَّاءَانِ aṭ-ṭāʔāni	طَاءَا ṭāʔā
Accusative	طَاءَيْنِ ṭāʔayni	الطَّاءَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāʔayni	طَاءَيْ ṭāʔay
Genitive	طَاءَيْنِ ṭāʔayni	الطَّاءَيْنِ aṭ-ṭāʔayni	طَاءَيْ ṭāʔay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	طَاءَات ṭāʔāt	الطَّاءَات aṭ-ṭāʔāt	طَاءَات ṭāʔāt
Nominative	طَاءَاتٌ ṭāʔātun	الطَّاءَاتُ aṭ-ṭāʔātu	طَاءَاتُ ṭāʔātu
Accusative	طَاءَاتٍ ṭāʔātin	الطَّاءَاتِ aṭ-ṭāʔāti	طَاءَاتِ ṭāʔāti
Genitive	طَاءَاتٍ ṭāʔātin	الطَّاءَاتِ aṭ-ṭāʔāti	طَاءَاتِ ṭāʔāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: ta
• → Classical Persian: طَاء (tā')
  • Iranian Persian: طاء (tâ'), طا (tâ)
  • Tajik: то (to)
• → Uzbek: to

Persian

Alternative forms

• طا

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَاء (ṭāʔ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [tɑːʔ]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːʔ]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑːʔ]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɑː]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔː]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɒːʔ]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰɔʔ]

Readings
Classical reading?	tā'
Dari reading?	tā'
Iranian reading?	tâ'
Tajik reading?	toʾ

Noun

Dari	طاء
Iranian Persian
Tajik	то

طاء • (tâ')

1. the name of the Arabic script letter ط

Further reading

• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “طاء”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892) “طاء”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “طاء”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim