# ث

| ث | U+062B, &#1579; ARABIC LETTER THEH |
| ← ت [U+062A] | Arabic | ج → [U+062C] |
| ﺙ | U+FE99, &#65177; ARABIC LETTER THEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﺘ [U+FE98] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺚ → [U+FE9A] |
| ﺚ | U+FE9A, &#65178; ARABIC LETTER THEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﺙ [U+FE99] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺛ → [U+FE9B] |
| ﺛ | U+FE9B, &#65179; ARABIC LETTER THEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﺚ [U+FE9A] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺜ → [U+FE9C] |
| ﺜ | U+FE9C, &#65180; ARABIC LETTER THEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﺛ [U+FE9B] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﺝ → [U+FE9D] |

## Translingual
### Letter

ث
* Arabic letter ṯāʾ

## Arabic
### Etymology

Derived from ت (t), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /θ/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢞 (t).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /θaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /θ/
* (Main dialectal variations): IPA: /θ/, /t/, /s/

### Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث • (ṯāʔ)
* The fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is ثَاء (ṯāʔ) and is preceded by ت (t) and followed by ج (j).

### Symbol

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث • (ṯāʔ)
* The twenty-third letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ت (t) and followed by خ (ḵ).

### 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 ث

### References

* Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

## Balti
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s/, [s]

### Letter

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

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /s/, [s]

### Letter

ث (s)
* The eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [tɕʰ], [ɕ]

### Letter

ث
* The fifth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

## Hijazi Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /θaːʔ/
* (phoneme): IPA: /t/, /θ/, /s/

### Letter

ث • (ṯāʔ)
* The fourth letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ت (tāʔ) and followed by ج (jīm).

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (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, هـ, و, ي

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /seː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث • (s)
* The ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ٹھ (ṭh)
* Next letter: ج (j)

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /se/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث (ṧe)
* The sixth letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ٹ
* Next letter: ج

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Name of letter) IPA: [sɐ]
* (Phoneme) IPA: [s]

### Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث
* The fourth 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

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /se/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث • (se)
* The sixth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ټ
* Next letter: ج

## Persian
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Iran):(file)

### Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث • (se)
* The fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ت and followed by ج. Its name is ثه or ثِ.

## Punjabi
### Alternative forms

* Gurmukhi letter: ਸ (sassā)
* (letter name): ثے (s̱e)

### Etymology

From Classical Persian ث (se), from Arabic ث (ṯāʔ).

### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /seː/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث • (s̱e)
* The sixth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ٹ (ṭe)
* Next letter: ج (jīm)

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /se/
* (phoneme): IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث • (se)
* The ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### 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: ٺ
* Next letter: پ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /seː/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /s/

### Letter

ث • (se)
* The fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.

#### Forms

| Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
| ث | ـث | ـثـ | ثـ |

#### See also

* Previous letter: ٹ (ṭ)
* Next letter: ج (j)