See also: ख़

U+0916, ख
DEVANAGARI LETTER KHA

[U+0915]
Devanagari
[U+0917]

Translingual

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰə/

Letter

(kha)

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

See also

Hindi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

• (kha)

  1. the second consonant of Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰə/
  • (file)

Letter

• (kha)

  1. The second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

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

Letter

• (kha)

  1. The second consonant in Nepali.

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

  • (ṣa) especially in Perso-Arabic borrowings

Letter

(kha)

  1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Letter

• (kha)

  1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

Noun

• (kha) stem, n

  1. hole, aperture, cavity, wound

References

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