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थ

tha

How does it look?

A really fancy cursive Y.  The top of the first part has a loop on it, curves outwards, and then meets a straight full lenth line.  This has the line on top.

How does it sound?

Letters and sounds commonly confused with

How to write it?

How to type it?

If you are using a US English keyboard with the standard Devanagari/Hindi layout, then you would press “L”

(see “How to type in Hindi” for more information about setting up your computer.)

Words

At the Beginning

थकान – tiredness

थल – land

थन – udders

थरमस – thurmos

थमना – to stop; to stand still

थरथर – trembling, shaking

In the Middle

मंथन – to stir vigorously

कथक – type of South Indian dance

At the End

नथ – nose-ring

रथ – chariot

साथ – with

हाथ – hand(s)

With other vowels

थूथन – to pout

मिथुन – a Bengali name for a man

कथा – story  (religious story)  (f)

साथी – friend

हाथी – elephant

थाल – a large flate metal plate

Check out our wiki page on this letter.  (Consider adding something…)

http://www.ispeakhindi.com/wiki/index.php?title=थ

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