ᨧ

ᨧ U+1A27, ᨧ TAI THAM LETTER HIGH CA ← ᨦ [U+1A26] Tai Tham ᨨ → [U+1A28]

Translingual

Letter

ᨧ (ca)

1. The 14th letter and sixth consonant of the Tai Tham Pali alphabet. In Pali it represents the unvoiced, unaspirated palatal consonant /c/.

Pali

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ca (Latin script)
• 𑀘 (Brahmi script)
• च (Devanagari script)
• চ (Bengali script)
• ච (Sinhalese script)
• စ or ၸ (Burmese script)
• จ or จะ (Thai script)
• ຈ or ຈະ (Lao script)
• ច (Khmer script)
• 𑄌 (Chakma script)

Particle

ᨧ

1. Tai Tham script form of ca
   • 2004, Sai Kam Mong, The History and Development of the Shan Scripts, Chiang Mai, Thailand: Silkworm Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 241:

     ᨿᩴᨾᩘᨣᩃᩴᨴ᩠ᩅᩤᨴᩈᩉᩥ ᨧᩥᨶ᩠ᨲᨿᩥᩴᩈᩩ ᩈᨴᩮᩅᨠᩣ
     ᩈᩮᩣᨲ᩠ᨳᩣᨶᩴᨶᩣᨵᩥᨣᨧ᩠ᨨᨶ᩠ᨲᩥ ᪨ ᩋᨭᩛᨲᩥᩴᩈᨬ᩠ᨧᨾᩘᨣᩃᩴ

     yaṃ maṅgalaṃ dvādasahi cintayiṃsu sadevakā
     sotthānaṃ nādhigacchanti aṭṭhatiṃsañca maṅgalaṃ

     For twelve years [men] along with devas pondered, “What is welfare?”. But they did not arrive at the eight and thirty welfares that bring happiness.

Usage notes

When attached to a word ending in niggahita, they may combine to yield the syllable ᨬ᩠ᨧ.