A variant spelling or transliteration of a Hebrew letter or an alternative name for a letter in various alphabets, sometimes used in specialized linguistic contexts.
From Hebrew 'tav' or 'tau,' one of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The name comes from an ancient Semitic word meaning 'mark' or 'sign,' originally derived from a pictogram of a cross or mark.
The letter tau/tav is ancient—it's the last letter of the Hebrew alphabet and was also used in Greek, and its name literally meant 'mark,' which is poetic since that's exactly what a letter is.
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