ख
See also: ख़
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Translingual
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰə/
Letter
ख (kha)
- the Devanagari script's unvoiced, aspirated guttural consonant; kh /kʰ/
See also
- Devanagari script consonants: क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, ॸ, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, ॹ, झ़, ड़, ढ़, ष़, य़, ॺ, ऴ, ॻ, ॼ, ॾ, ॿ [edit]
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰə/, [kʰɐ]
Letter
ख • (kha)
See also
- (nuqta form): ख़ (xa)
- Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़ [edit]
Marathi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰə/
Audio: (file)
Letter
ख • (kha)
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʰʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: ख
Letter
ख • (kha)
Old Hindi
Alternative forms
- ष (ṣa) — especially in Perso-Arabic borrowings
Letter
ख (kha)
- The second consonant of the Devanagari script.
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- খ (Assamese script)
- ᬔ (Balinese script)
- খ (Bengali script)
- 𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀔 (Brahmi script)
- ခ (Burmese script)
- ખ (Gujarati script)
- ਖ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌖 (Grantha script)
- ꦑ (Javanese script)
- 𑂎 (Kaithi script)
- ಖ (Kannada script)
- ខ (Khmer script)
- ຂ (Lao script)
- ഖ (Malayalam script)
- ᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘏 (Modi script)
- ᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐏 (Newa script)
- ଖ (Odia script)
- ꢓ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆒 (Sharada script)
- 𑖏 (Siddham script)
- ඛ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩝 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚋 (Takri script)
- க² (Tamil script)
- ఖ (Telugu script)
- ข (Thai script)
- ཁ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kʰɐ/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /kʰɐ/
Etymology 1
From the root खन् (khan, “to dig”).
Noun
ख • (kha) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | खम् (kham) | खे (khe) | खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹) |
| accusative | खम् (kham) | खे (khe) | खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹) |
| instrumental | खेन (khena) | खाभ्याम् (khābhyām) | खैः (khaiḥ) खेभिः¹ (khebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | खाय (khāya) | खाभ्याम् (khābhyām) | खेभ्यः (khebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | खात् (khāt) | खाभ्याम् (khābhyām) | खेभ्यः (khebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | खस्य (khasya) | खयोः (khayoḥ) | खानाम् (khānām) |
| locative | खे (khe) | खयोः (khayoḥ) | खेषु (kheṣu) |
| vocative | ख (kha) | खे (khe) | खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 2
Letter
ख • (kha)
- The second consonant of the Devanagari script
References
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ख”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 79
- Monier Williams (1899) “ख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 334, column 2.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ख”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 633