Arabic Alphabet:/Taa’/ ط

Each letter in the alphabet is challenging and unique to the
language it is used in. In fact, the letters themselves distinguish the
languages, especially in terms of pronunciation. One of the distinctive Arabic
letters will be highlighted in today’s blog. After studying a few more letters
in the Arabic alphabet, it’s time to move on to the letter Taa’.

The letter Taa’ isn’t equivalent to any of the English letters.
However, it is close in pronunciation to the letter T in English but it is a
forceful sound. To pronounce it properly, put the tip of your tongue between
your teeth, and pull the middle section down. Apply air pressure against your
teeth and let it out forcefully. To help, try imagining Taa’ like a pressuring
T. The letter Taa’ only functions as a consonant letter. You will find
everything you need about the letter Taa’ in today’s blog. How it looks like,
its shapes depending on its position in a word and some words with the letter
Taa’.

Get to know the letter Taa’ in Arabic

Before we start with the shapes of the letter Taa’, we need to
demonstrate an important note that states that the letter Taa’ can connect
itself from both sides. As shown below in the table. The second group (2^nd
group) shows letters that can be connected from both sides. Some Arabic
letters can only connect themselves from the right side (1^st group).

The letter Taa’ falls in the second group. Taa’ connects itself
from both sides. So, let us get to know the letter Taa’ and give some Arabic
words with Taa’ after the video.

As shown in the video, this is the shape of the letter Taa’ standing alone. The
form of the letter Taa’ changes depending on where it appears in a word. So, we
can have it either at the beginning of the word (initial), middle of the word
(medial), or ending of the word (final). But firstly, notice that the letter
Taa’ is easy to write and it looks like a horizontal balloon with a straight
line drawn on top. If it is standing alone, it looks like this “ط.”
Now, let us get to know the different shapes of the letter Taa’ and give some
Arabic words with Taa’.

Taa’ shapes

The letter Taa’ has 4 forms, depending on its position in the word

Initial (ط): When it comes at the beginning of a
word: 

As in:    طــبيب         /Tabeeb/   which
means Doctor

Medial: 1)
While being connected (ـطـ): 

As in:        بـــطــيخ           /baTTeekh/  
    which means Watermelon

            
2) While not being connected (طـ):

     As in:     وطـن        /waTan/   
  which means       Homeland

Final: 1)
While being connected (ـط):

     As in:      قــط          /qiT/     which means Cat

2) While not
being connected (ط):

   As
in:      بـلـوط          /ballooT/  
       which means Oak

To
wrap up

That was it for the letter Taa’; you
can also watch the video about the letter Taa’ on our YouTube channel and
listen to how the letter Taa’ is pronounced. Kaleela offers its users further
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