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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The ninth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
2. 2
   the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet wordnet

Etymology

From Hebrew טֵית (ṭēth, “wheel”).

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