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Letter

ث

1. Arabic letter ṯāʾ

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^(key): /θaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /θ/
• (Main dialectal variations): IPA^(key): /θ/, /t/, /s/

Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث • (ṯāʔ)

1. 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)

1. 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) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s/, [s]

Letter

ث (transliteration needed)

1. The sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s/, [s]

Letter

ث (s)

1. The eighth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɕʰ], [ɕ]

Letter

ث

1. The fifth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /θaːʔ/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /t/, /θ/, /s/

Letter

ث • (ṯāʔ)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /seː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث • (s)

1. The ninth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /se/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث (ṧe)

1. The sixth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [sɐ]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [s]

Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /se/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث • (se)

1. The sixth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Pronunciation

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Letter

ث / ث‍ / ‍ث‍ / ‍ث • (se)

1. The fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ت and followed by ج. Its name is ثه or ثِ.

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /seː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث • (s̱e)

1. The sixth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /se/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث • (se)

1. The ninth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /seː/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /s/

Letter

ث • (se)

1. The fourth letter of the Urdu abjad.