Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

khaf

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: khaf
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).

Example Sentences

"The letter that follows yud is khaf and the letter that follows kuf is resh."

Inflected Forms

khafs (plural)

Questions

What does khaf mean?: The eleventh letter of the Hebrew and Aramaic alphabets, kaph, especially when pronounced as a fricative (rather than as a plosive).

How to pronounce khaf

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