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Teth or Tet is the ninth letter of many abjad alphabets, including Phoenician , Hebrew , and Aramaic .1The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Theta (Θ). v t e2
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Ṭēth (also Teth , Tet ) is the ninth letter of many Semitic abjads ( alphabets ), including Phoenician , Aramaic , Hebrew Tet ט , Syriac ܛ and Arabic Ṭāʾ ط; it is 9th in abjadi order and 16th in modern Arabic order.Its sound value is , one of the Semitic emphatic consonants . The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek Theta (Θ).
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Teth , also written as Ṭēth or Tet , is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Ṭēt , Hebrew Ṭēt ט , Aramaic Ṭēth , Syriac Ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic Ṭāʾ ط.It is 16th in modern Arabic order.The Persian Ța is pronounced as a hard "t" sound and is the 19th letter in the modern Persian alphabet .The Phoenician letter also gave rise to the Greek theta (Θ), originally an aspirated voiceless alveolar stop but now used for the voiceless dental fricative .The sound value of Teth is / tˤ / , one of the Semitic emphatic consonants .
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Teth , also written as Ṭēth or Tet , is a letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician Ṭēt , Hebrew Ṭēt , Aramaic Ṭēth , Syriac Ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic Ṭāʾ ط .It is the 16th letter of the modern Arabic alphabet. The Persian ṭa is pronounced as a hard "t" sound and is the 19th letter in the modern Persian alphabet . The Phoenician letter also gave rise to the Greek theta ( Θ ), originally an aspirated voiceless alveolar stop but now used for the voiceless dental fricative . The Arabic letter (ط) is sometimes transliterated as tah in English, for example in Arabic script in Unicode . The sound value of Teth is / tˤ / , one of the Semitic emphatic consonants .
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Ninth letter of many Semitic abjads This article is about the Semitic letter.Teth , also written as Ṭēth or Tet , is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician ṭēt 𐤈, Hebrew ṭēt ט, Aramaic ṭēṯ 𐡈, Syriac ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic ṭāʾ ط. It is the 16th letter of the modern Arabic alphabet. The Persian ṭa is pronounced as a hard "t" sound and is the 19th letter in the modern Persian alphabet . The Phoenician letter also gave rise to the Greek theta ( Θ ), originally an aspirated voiceless dental stop but now used for the voiceless dental fricative . The Arabic letter (ط) is sometimes transliterated as tah in English, for example in Arabic script in Unicode . The sound value of Teth is / tˤ / , one of the Semitic emphatic consonants .
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Ninth letter of many Semitic abjads This article is about the Semitic letter. Teth , also written as Ṭēth or Tet , is the ninth letter of the Semitic abjads , including Phoenician ṭēt 𐤈, Hebrew , Aramaic ṭēṯ 𐡈, and Syriac ṭēṯ ܛ, and Arabic ṭāʾ ط . It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪗, South Arabian 𐩷 , and Geʽez ጠ . The Phoenician letter also gave rise to the Greek theta ( Θ ), originally an aspirated voiceless dental stop but now used for the voiceless dental fricative . The Arabic letter (ط) is sometimes transliterated as Tah in English, for example in Arabic script in Unicode . The sound value of Teth is / tˤ / , one of the Semitic emphatic consonants . There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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ninth letter of many abjad alphabets
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ninth letter of the semitic abjads
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