ਥ - ਥੱਥਾ - Thathaa - twenty-second letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet.
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Thathaa |
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ਥ |
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ਥੱਥਾ |
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'th' as the 'th' in 'think' but with the tongue further forward so that it touches the tips of your teeth |
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Consonant |
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Make a 't' shape with your tongue but instead of the front of your tongue touching the tooth ridge, make the tip of your tongue touch the tips of your teeth. |
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Make the tip of your tongue touch the tips of your teeth. |
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| Soft Palette: |
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blocking nose |
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| Lips: |
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apart |
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| Vocal Chords: |
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Not used |
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| Aspirated: |
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yes |
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| Confusion: |
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ਪ ਖ ਧ ਥ ਬ |
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| Reading: |
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There are two ways that this can be confused:
1: There are four letters like this that can be confused - look at where the horizontal bars are. You just have to learn them (although it doesn't take long):
ਪ (Pappaa) - no bars;
ਖ (Khakhaa) - lower bar only;
ਧ (Dhadhaa) - upper bar only;
ਥ (Thathaa) - both bars;
This is just a matter of getting used to it. However -
2: ਥ (Thathaa) is very easy to confuse with ਬ (Babbaa), especially when you get down to small print sizes in books.
As large print, it is easy - ਥ ਬ - but with smaller font sizes, things start to get difficult like so - ਥ ਬ
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Although you are less likely to make mistakes when writing, again, there are four letters like this that can be confused - look at where the horizontal bars are. You just have to learn them (although it doesn't take long):
ਪ (Pappaa) - no bars;
ਖ (Khakhaa) - lower bar only;
ਧ (Dhadhaa) - upper bar only;
ਥ (Thathaa) - both bars;
You have been warned. Note that it is unusual to get ਥ and ਬ confused when writing because they are formed in different ways. Just remember to make them look different enough |
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