Multani Letter Tha

The Multani tha sound is an aspirated t. That means a t released with a puff of breath; the letter records a consonant sound, not a standalone message.

Multani grew from the Landa writing tradition and served Seraiki around Multan and northern Sindh, first in everyday and commercial writing. Metal type later let printers use it for Christian literature. An 1819 New Testament is the earliest dated printed example cited for Multani; documented printed and handwritten examples span 1819–1916.

At the script level, Multani is related to Gurmukhi and more distantly to Khudawadi and Khojki, two other regional scripts. British administrators adopted Arabic script as a regional standard in the latter 19th century, helping Multani lose ground.

Why can 𑊗 have different shapes?

Multani has more than one documented shape for this letter.

Historical examples show one form in printed and handwritten material and another in a chart of the script's letters. Because Multani had no single standard shape, fonts may use different historical designs for the same character.

If a blank box appears, your font may lack Multani coverage; a font that includes the script can display the character.