ථ — maha-dantaja-ta-yanna
«maha-dantaja-ta-yanna» is a consonant of Sinhala, the “the Sinhala script” script, read as “tha”. Aspirated dental “tha”, like the “th” of “thin” with a “t”. The Sinhala alphabet has 76 letters in total, and this character can be played right here. It appears, for example, in the word “පොලිස් ස්ථානය” — police station.
In short
| Character | ථ |
| Name | maha-dantaja-ta-yanna |
| Sound | tha |
| What it is | a consonant |
In our course the character comes 39th of 76: the order here is not alphabetical but from familiar to unfamiliar, its neighbours in the course are ත and ද, appears in 17 words of this site.
How it sounds
Aspirated dental “tha”, like the “th” of “thin” with a “t”
The character in the “aspirates and sanskrit letters” group
Misra sinhaala. The aspirates (ඛ ඝ ඡ ඣ ඨ ඪ ථ ධ ඵ භ) sound exactly like their plain pairs in live speech — the difference has remained only in writing. Reading them is a must; writing them is not.
Words with this character
- පොලිස් ස්ථානයpolis sthānayapolice station
- සාර්ථකත්වයsārthakatvayasuccess
- ප්රථමාධාරprathamādhārafirst aid
- අවස්ථාවavasthāvacase
- අසාර්ථකත්වයasārthakatvayafailure
- ස්ථිරවමsthiravamapermanently
- ගිනි නිවන රථයgini nivana rathayafire truck
- මිථ්යා විශ්වාසයmithyā viśvāsayasuperstition
- පූජනීය ග්රන්ථයpūjanīya granthayaholy book
- කරකැවෙන රථයkarakævena rathayacarousel
- වංශකථාවvaṁśakathāvaa chronicle
- ස්ථාවරත්වයsthāvaratvayastability
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 — 76 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 Sinhala character ථ read?
As “tha” — it is a consonant of the “the Sinhala script” script. Aspirated dental “tha”, like the “th” of “thin” with a “t”.
What is the letter ථ called?
Maha-dantaja-ta-yanna. A character's name and its sound are different things in the Sinhala script: it is called “maha-dantaja-ta-yanna” and reads as “tha”. Learn the second one: the name only helps when the alphabet is recited aloud.