khaf

English

Noun

khaf (plural khafs)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).
    • 1998, Joseph ben Abraham Gikatilla, Gates of Light, page 18:
      The letter that follows yud is khaf and the letter that follows kuf is resh.
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