What is the difference between Similar Sounding Arabic Letters ط and ت?
Both Similar Arabic letters ط and ت has same articulation point.They come under the group of Haroof Nitaiya حروف نطعيه .That s why both have very similar sound.But following points make them different from each other.
Factors Differentiating Similar Letters
Letter ط
Letter ت
- Letter ط is one of the heavy letters of Arabic.
- It is strong letter.
- While pronouncing this letter back of tongue raised.
- Letter ت is a light letter.
- It is weak letter
- While pronouncing this letter back of tongue does not raised.
Words With ط
Words With ت
- طين clay
- طيّار pilot
- فُطور breakfast
- بطّة duck
- رَطَّبَ to moisten
- تين fig
- تيّار stream
- فتُور lack of activity
- بتَّ to cut off
- رَتَّبَ to organize