ت

Meaning

Character

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

1. 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).
2. (abbreviation, alt-of) short for تِلِفون (tilifōn, “telephone (number)”) Used before phone numbers.
3. 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.

Suffix

1. (form-of, morpheme) Form of ة (when further suffixed with a possessive pronoun).
2. (dialectal, form-of, morpheme, obsolete) dialectal form of ة (-at)

Prep

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

Verb

abbreviation of تُوُفِّيَ (tuwuffiya, “died”)

Noun

abbreviation of تَحْقِيق (taḥqīq)

Concepts

Nov.

N

O

⭕

J

Jul.

Oct.

Taw

Synonyms

ب

ك

ل

ج

ج

أ

أ

ل

ك

ن

ب

ن

ل

ك

ب

Translations

O

NV

O

N

OC

JL

Ο

Ι

Ν

J

N

O

J

N

Pronounced as (IPA)

/taːʔ/

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.