ख

See also: ख़

ख U+0916, ख
DEVANAGARI LETTER KHA
← क
[U+0915]
Devanagari ग →
[U+0917]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰə/

Letter

ख (kha)

  1. The Devanagari script's unvoiced, aspirated guttural consonant.

See also

Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kʰə/, [kʰɐ]

Letter

ख • (kha)

  1. the second consonant of Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰə/
  • (file)

Letter

ख • (kha)

  1. The second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kʰʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari: ख

Letter

ख • (kha)

  1. The second consonant in Nepali.

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

  • ष (ṣa) — especially in Perso-Arabic borrowings

Letter

ख (kha)

  1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Letter

ख • (kha)

  1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

Noun

ख • (kha) stem, n

  1. hole, aperture, cavity, wound

References

  • Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ख”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 79
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