Ṭe
Ṭe is a letter of the extended Arabic alphabet, derived from te (ت) by replacing the dots with a small t̤oʾe (ط; historically four dots in a square pattern).[1] It is not used in the Arabic alphabet itself, but is used to represent an voiceless retroflex plosive [ʈ] in Urdu, Punjabi written in the Shahmukhi script, and Kashmiri as well as Balochi. The small t̤oʾe diacritic is used to indicate a retroflex consonant in Urdu. It is the fifth letter of the Urdu alphabet. Its Abjad value is considered to be 400. In Urdu, this letter may also be called tā-ye-musaqqalā ("heavy te")[1] or tā-ye-hindiyā ("Indian te"). In Devanagari, this consonant is rendered using ‘ट’.
| Position in word: | Isolated | Final | Medial | Initial |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glyph form: (Help) |
ٹ | ـٹ | ـٹـ | ٹـ |
| Urdu alphabet |
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| 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 م ن (ں) و ہ (ھ) ء ی ے |
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Extended Perso-Arabic script |
| Shahmukhi alphabet |
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| 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 لؕ م ن ݨ (ں) و ه (ھ) ء ی ے |
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Extended Perso-Arabic script |
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| Kashmiri alphabet |
|---|
| 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 م ن و ھ ء ؠ ے |
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Arabic script |
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Character encoding
| Character | ٹ | |
|---|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARABIC LETTER TTEH | |
| Encodings | decimal | hex |
| Unicode | 1657 | U+0679 |
| UTF-8 | 217 185 | D9 B9 |
| Numeric character reference | ٹ | ٹ |
Some layout engines do not properly generate the medial and initial forms (which should look like ـٹـ and ﭨ) and will render the isolate form ٹ, without joining.
References
- Shakespear, John (1818). A Grammar of the Hindustani Language. author. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
A Grammar of the Hindustani Language 1818.