خ

See also: چ‎, ح‎, ج‎, and Appendix:Variations of "h"

خ U+062E, خ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH
← ح
[U+062D]
Arabic د →
[U+062F]
ﺥ U+FEA5, ﺥ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH ISOLATED FORM
← ﺤ
[U+FEA4]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺦ →
[U+FEA6]
ﺦ U+FEA6, ﺦ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH FINAL FORM
← ﺥ
[U+FEA5]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺧ →
[U+FEA7]
ﺧ U+FEA7, ﺧ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH INITIAL FORM
← ﺦ
[U+FEA6]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺨ →
[U+FEA8]
ﺨ U+FEA8, ﺨ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH MEDIAL FORM
← ﺧ
[U+FEA7]
Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺩ →
[U+FEA9]

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from ح‎ (ḥ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /x/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢊‎ (ḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xaːʔ/, /χaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/, /χ/

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ‎ • (ḵāʾ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء‎ (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح‎ (ḥ) and followed by د‎ (d).

Symbol

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ‎ • (ḵāʾ)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ث‎ (ṯ) and followed by ذ‎ (ḏ).

See also

References

  • Diem, Werner (1980), “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, issue 1, →DOI, page 74

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

خ (x)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qʰ/, [qʰ~qχ~χ]

Letter

خ

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /x/, [x]

Letter

خ

  1. The tenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

  • This letter is used before the finals -u, -ua, -uai, -uan, -uang, -ui, -un, -uo.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈxaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/
  • (allophones): IPA(key): [x], [χ]

Letter

خ • (ḵāʾ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء‎ (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح‎ (ḥāʔ) and followed by د‎ (dāl).

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kʰaj/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /kʰ/, /x/

Letter

خ • (kh)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح‎ (h)
  • Next letter: د‎ (d)

Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/

Letter

خ (ḵe)

  1. The tenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح‎
  • Next letter: ݯ‎

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [xɔ]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [x]

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ‎

  1. The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح‎
  • Next letter: د‎

Persian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ‎ • (xe)

  1. The ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ح‎ and followed by د‎.

Sindhi

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/

Letter

خ (xe)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح‎
  • Next letter: د‎

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The tenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح‎
  • Next letter: د‎

Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /χe/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /χ/

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The eighth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
خـخـخـخـ

See also

  • Previous letter: چ‎ (ch)
  • Next letter: د‎ (d)
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