Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic tāʾ , Aramaic taw 𐡕, Hebrew tav , Phoenician tāw 𐤕, and Syriac taw ܬ. In Arabic, it also gives rise to the derived letter ṯāʾ. Taw's original sound value has been claimed to be . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪉, South Arabian , and Geʽez .
Key facts
- Semitic letter.letname
- Taw
- Semitic letter.previouslink
- Shin (letter)
- Semitic letter.previousletter
- Shin
- Semitic letter.archar
- ت
- Semitic letter.sychar
- ܬ
- Semitic letter.hechar
- ת
- Semitic letter.smchar
- ࠕ
- Semitic letter.amchar
- 𐡕
- Semitic letter.nbchar
- 𐢞
- Semitic letter.gechar
- ተ
- Semitic letter.ugchar
- 𐎚
- Semitic letter.phchar
- 𐤕
- Semitic letter.nachar
- 𐪉
- Semitic letter.sachar
- 𐩩
- Semitic letter.grchar
- Τ
- Semitic letter.lachar
- T
- Semitic letter.cychar
- Т
- Semitic letter.ipa
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- Origins
- Arabic tāʾ
- Tā' marbūṭa <span class="anchor" id="Tā' marbūṭa"></span>
- Hebrew tav
- Hebrew pronunciation
- Variations on written form and pronunciation
- Significance of tav
- In Judaism
- Sayings with taf
- Syriac taw
- Character encodings
- Footnotes
- External links
Taw, tav, or taf is the twenty-second and last letter of the Semitic abjads, including Arabic tāʾ , Aramaic taw 𐡕, Hebrew tav , Phoenician tāw 𐤕, and Syriac taw ܬ. In Arabic, it also gives rise to the derived letter ṯāʾ. Taw's original sound value has been claimed to be . It is related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪉, South Arabian , and Geʽez .
The Phoenician letter potentially gave rise to the Greek tau (Τ), Latin T, and Cyrillic Т.