ጠ (ṭa)
The Ge'ez letter ጠ is called ጠይት (ṭayt). It represents a “alveolar ejective stop”, which sounds like a forceful <t> in English. The sound is rare but it appears in languages like Georgian, e.g. ტკბილი (t’k’bili) “sweet”, and Navajo, e.g. t'áá'áko “alright”.
Its shape ጠ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩷. It correlates to the Arabic letter ط, the Syriac letter ܛ, and the Hebrew letter ט.
Ge’ez words starting with ጠ include ጣዕም (ṭāʿm) "flavor", ጥበብ (ṭəbab) "wisdom" and ጥምቀት (ṭəmqat) "baptism".
The derivative letter ጨ is used in modern languages to represent a "voiceless palatoalveolar affricate", which is a forceful <ch> sound.
