kaph

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

kaf

kaph

khaf

Synonymes

cornice

kappa

valance

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kɑːf/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à akkadien: 𒀉

Appartenant à hébreu: כַּף

Appartenant à arabe: كَفّ

Appartenant à ougaritique: 𐎋𐎔

In summary

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.