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Translingual
Letter
ᨨ (cha)
- The 15th letter and seventh consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the unvoiced, aspirated palatal consonant /cʰ/.
- Pali ᨨ (cha, “six”)
- Northern Thai ᨨᨷᩢ᩠ᨷ (chabàp, “letter, document”)
Usage notes
In the modern vernacular languages, this letter represents the consonant /s/. There has been a strong tendency for the letters ᨨ and ᩈ to merge, and the stacks ᨧ᩠ᨥ and ᨧ᩠ᩈ may only be distinguished by the non-existence of the latter in Pali and Sanskrit.
Pali
Alternative scripts
- cha (Latin script)
- 𑀙 (Brahmi script)
- छ (Devanagari script)
- ছ (Bengali script)
- ඡ (Sinhalese script)
- ဆ or ꧡ (Burmese script)
- ฉ or ฉะ (Thai script)
- ຉ or ຉະ (Lao script)
- ឆ (Khmer script)
- 𑄍 (Chakma script)
Numeral
ᨨ
- Tai Tham script form of cha (“six”)
Declension
Optionally indeclinable.
Declension table of "ᨨ"
Case \ Number | Plural |
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Nominative (first) | ᨨ (cha) |
Accusative (second) | ᨨ (cha) |
Instrumental (third) | ᨨᩉᩥ (chahi) |
Dative (fourth) | ᨨᨶ᩠ᨶᩴ (channaṃ) |
Ablative (fifth) | ᨨᩉᩥ (chahi) |
Genitive (sixth) | ᨨᨶ᩠ᨶᩴ (channaṃ) |
Locative (seventh) | ᨨᩈᩩ (chasu) |