Թ թ — to
«to» is a consonant of Armenian, the “Armenian alphabet” script, read as “t' (with a puff)”. A t with a clear puff of air, like the English t in top. The Armenian alphabet has 40 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “Ցտեսություն” — goodbye.
In short
| Character | Թ թ |
| Name | to |
| Sound | t' (with a puff) |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 26th of 40: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are խ and փ, appears in 601 words of this site.
How it sounds
A t with a clear puff of air, like the English t in top
The character in the “triplets: voiced — voiceless — aspirated” group
The main difficulty of Armenian. Where you are used to two sounds (b and p), Armenian has three: բ 'b', պ 'p' without a puff, փ 'p' with a puff. Five such triplets, fifteen letters.
Words with this character
How to remember this character
A single letter is the hardest thing to remember: memory has nothing to hold on to — a character has no meaning. A three-step loop works: see the character, try to recall the sound, see the right answer.
And come back to it the next day, not in an hour: a check a day or two later beats a check the same day. Nobody holds the whole alphabet — 40 letters — at once.
- It is better to test yourself the next day than at the end of the same session. That is why a word comes back to you tomorrow.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · g = 0.82 when tested a day or two later, against 0.56 on the same day.
- Studying a little every day gets more into your head than spending the same total time in one sitting.checked many timesDonovan & Radosevich, 1999, Journal of Applied Psychology 84(5) · 63 studies compared, difference d = 0.46 — a sizeable figure for a learning effect.
Frequently asked
How does the Armenian character թ read?
As “t' (with a puff)” — it is a consonant of the “Armenian alphabet” script. A t with a clear puff of air, like the English t in top.
What is the letter թ called?
To. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Armenian script: it is called “to” and reads as “t' (with a puff)”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.