# ت

| ت | U+062A, &#1578; ARABIC LETTER TEH |
| ← ة [U+0629] | Arabic | ث → [U+062B] |
| ﺕ | U+FE95, &#65173; ARABIC LETTER TEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺔ [U+FE94] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺖ → [U+FE96] |
| ﺖ | U+FE96, &#65174; ARABIC LETTER TEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺕ [U+FE95] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺗ → [U+FE97] |
| ﺗ | U+FE97, &#65175; ARABIC LETTER TEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺖ [U+FE96] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺘ → [U+FE98] |
| ﺘ | U+FE98, &#65176; ARABIC LETTER TEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺗ [U+FE97] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺙ → [U+FE99] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ت
* 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: /taːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tāʔ)
* 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)
* 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).
* 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 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 أَمَتْallāhu 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”).

### 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
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ت

## Azerbaijani
### Letter

ت (tā’) (ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت)
* The fourth letter of the Azeri in Arabic script.

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t/, [t]

### Letter

ت (transliteration needed)
* The fourth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t/, [t]

### Letter

ت (transliteration needed)
* The sixth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Central Kurdish
### Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)
* The fifth letter of the Kurdish abjad.

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tʰ/, [tʰ]

### Letter

ت (t)
* The fourth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

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

#### Letter

ت • (t)
* 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: [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: [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 ـت (-at).
    ‎بنى (bana, “he built”) + ‎ـت → ‎بنت (banit, banat, “she built; it built”)

### Etymology 4

From Arabic تَـ (ta-).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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’)
* The eighteenth letter of the Hausa abjad.

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /teː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت • (t)
* 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
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /ta/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت • (t)
* 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

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t̪e/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t̪/

### Letter

ت (te)
* 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: [tɐ]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [t]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [t̚]

### Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت
* 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

## Mozarabic
### Etymology 1

From Latin tū.

#### Pronoun

ت (tu)
* you (second-person singular pronoun)
** c. 1100, Anonymous, Kharja A41 :لا تعرس منونيa-lā tu qariš manūnīCome, 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 :لفر تِləgar-tiTo 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

## Pahari-Potwari
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t̪a/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t̪/

### Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت (tā’)
* 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: /te/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت • (te)
* 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)
* 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: /t̪a/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t̪/

#### Letter

ت / ت‍ / ‍ت‍ / ‍ت • (tā’)
* 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

### 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
## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /t̪e/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t̪/

### Letter

ت • (te)
* 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
* Previous letter: ڀ
* Next letter: ٿ

## South Levantine Arabic
### Conjunction

تـ • (ta-)
* 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: /tə/
* Audio:(file)

### Pronoun

| Northern Kurdish | tu |
| Central Kurdish | تۆ (to) |
ت (ti)
* you
* your

#### See also
## Urdu
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

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

#### Letter

ت • (te)
* 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)
* Forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality.
    ‎چاہ (cāh, “liking, wish”) + ‎ت (t) → ‎چاہت (cāhat, “desire, fondness”)

##### Derived terms
### Etymology 3

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit -इत (-ita).

#### Suffix

ـِت • (-it) (Hindi spelling -इत)
* -ed (used to form past adjectives)

##### Derived terms
## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /te/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت • (te)
* 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: /tí/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/

### Letter

ت (t)
* 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