kaph

Senso (Inglese)

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

sinonimi

cornice

kappa

valance

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/kɑːf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine accado: 𒀉

Affine ebraico: כַּף

Affine arabo: كَفّ

Affine ugaritico: 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.