ख

ख U+0916, ख DEVANAGARI LETTER KHA ← क Devanagari ग →

• IPA^(key): /kʰə/

ख (kha)

1. the Devanagari script's unvoiced, aspirated guttural consonant; kh /kʰ/

• (Devanagari script consonants) क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ ॸ,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ ॹ,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़,‎ य़,‎ ॺ,‎ ऴ,‎ ॻ,‎ ॼ,‎ ॾ,‎ ॿ ^{(Category: Translingual letters)}

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə/,

ख • (kha)

1. the second consonant of Hindi

• (nuqta form): ख़ (xa)
• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ फ़ ^{(Category: Hindi letters)}

• IPA^(key): /kʰə/

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ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant in Marathi.

• IPA^(key):
• Phonetic Devanagari: ख

ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant in Nepali.

• ष (ṣa) — especially in Perso-Arabic borrowings

ख (kha)

1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʰɐ/

From the root खन् (khan, “to dig”).

ख • (kha) stem, n

1. hole, aperture, cavity, wound
2. vacuity, empty space, air, ether, sky

ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script

• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “ख”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 79
• Monier Williams (1899) “ख”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 334, column 2.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “ख”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 633