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Also known as tav

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 .

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Taw
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Shin (letter)
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ت
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ܬ
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ת
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𐡕‎
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𐢞‎
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𐎚
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𐪉‎‎‎
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Τ
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T
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13 sections
Contents
  • 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.

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