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See also: چ, ح, ج, and Appendix:Variations of "h"

خ U+062E, خ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH
← ح
 		Arabic د →
ﺥ U+FEA5, ﺥ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH ISOLATED FORM
← ﺤ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺦ →
ﺦ U+FEA6, ﺦ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH FINAL FORM
← ﺥ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺧ →
ﺧ U+FEA7, ﺧ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH INITIAL FORM
← ﺦ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺨ →
ﺨ U+FEA8, ﺨ
ARABIC LETTER KHAH MEDIAL FORM
← ﺧ
 		Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﺩ →

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from ح (ḥ), and originally written as such (in rasm) by analogy with Nabatean tradition, as Nabatean cognates of Arabic words with /x/ were indiscriminately spelled using 𐢊 (ḥ).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /xaːʔ/, /χaːʔ/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/, /χ/

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (ḵāʔ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح (ḥ) and followed by د (d).

Symbol

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (ḵāʔ)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ث (ṯ) and followed by ذ (ḏ).

See also

References

  • Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, →DOI, page 74

Balti

Pronunciation

Letter

خ (transliteration needed)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Burushaski

Pronunciation

Letter

خ (transliteration needed)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

Chinese

Pronunciation

Letter

خ

  1. The tenth letter of the Xiao'erjing abjad.

Usage notes

  • This letter is used before the finals -u, -ua, -uai, -uan, -uang, -ui, -un, -uo.

Hijazi Arabic

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (ḵāʔ)

  1. The seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet. Its name is خَاء (ḵāʔ), and is preceded by ح (ḥāʔ) and followed by د (dāl).

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kʰaj/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /kʰ/, /x/

Letter

خ • (kh)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح (h)
  • Next letter: د (d)

Khowar

Pronunciation

Letter

خ (ḵe)

  1. The tenth letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح
  • Next letter: ݯ

Malay

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Pronunciation

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ

  1. The eighth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح
  • Next letter: د

Persian

Pronunciation

Letter

خ / خ‍ / ‍خ‍ / ‍خ • (xe)

  1. The ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ح and followed by د.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The tenth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح (ḥe)
  • Next letter: د (dāl)

Sindhi

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح
  • Next letter: د

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The tenth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: ح (h)
  • Next letter: د (d)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

Letter

خ • (xe)

  1. The eighth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
خ ـخ ـخـ خـ

See also

  • Previous letter: چ (ch)
  • Next letter: د (d)
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