kaph

Meaning

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

Synonyms

cornice

kappa

valance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɑːf/

Etymology

Cognate with Akkadian: 𒀉

Cognate with Hebrew: כַּף

Cognate with Arabic: كَفّ

Cognate with Ugaritic: 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.