ซ	S as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final in any Thai word. Name. SOR SO from โซ่ “A chain”.
*ฌ	CH as an initial consonant and does not occur as a final. Name. CHOR CHER from เฌอ “A tree”.
ญ	Y as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. YOR YING from หญิง “A girl”.
ฎ	D as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. DOR CHADAH from ชฎา “A Thai dancer’s headdress”.
*ฏ	DT as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. DTOR PADTUK from ปฏัก “A goad”.
ฐ	T as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. TOR TAHN from ฐาน “A pedestal for a statue”.
*ฑ	T as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. TOR MONTO from มณโฑ the name of a mythical giant’s wife.
*ฒ	T as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. TOR POOTOW from ผู้เฒ่า “An old person”.
*ณ	N as an initial consonant and N as a final. Name. NOR NAYN from เณร “A novice monk”.
ด	D as an initial consonant and T as a final. Name. DOR DEK from เด็ก “A child”.

* These consonants occur in only a few words derived mainly from Pali or Sanskrit and you need not bother about them at this stage other than to remember their place in the alphabetical order of consonants.

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