Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

qoph

/kɒf/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: qoph
IPA: /kɒf/

18

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Etymology

From Hebrew קוֹף (qōf).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: קוֹף

Inflected Forms

qophs (plural) kuf (alternative) qaaf (alternative) qāf (alternative) qof (alternative) qop (alternative) quf (alternative)

Homonyms

cough (cot–caught merger) coff

Rhymes With

of showing off cough trough eff off van gogh goff lough scoff kalashnikov toff shroff

Questions

How do you pronounce qoph?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɒf/.
What does qoph mean?: The nineteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Where does qoph come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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