kaph

English

Alternative forms

• caph, kaf, kap

Etymology

From Hebrew כָּף (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian 𒀉 (kappu(m)), Hebrew כַּף (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic كَفّ (kaff), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔 (kp)) Doublet of kappa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑːf/, /kæf/
• Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf
• Homophone: caf

Noun

kaph (plural kaphs)

1. The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).

Translations

Hebrew letter

Arabic: كَاف (ar) m (kāf) Catalan: caf (ca) f Finnish: kaf (fi) French: kaf (fr) m, kaph (fr) m German: Kaph Hebrew: כָּף (he) (kaf) Italian: kaf m or f Malay: kaf Persian: کاف (fa) (kâf) Russian: каф (ru) m (kaf), (Arabic letter) кяф m (kjaf) Swedish: kaf (sv) Yiddish: כּף m or f (kof)

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

• kaph on Wikipedia.Wikipedia