kaph
Also known as kaf
Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician kāp 𐤊, Hebrew kāp̄ , Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and Arabic kāf (in abjadi order). It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪋, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .
Key facts
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- Kaph
- Semitic letter.previouslink
- Yodh
- Semitic letter.previousletter
- Yodh
- Semitic letter.nextlink
- Lamedh
- Semitic letter.nextletter
- Lamedh
- Semitic letter.archar
- ك
- Semitic letter.sychar
- ܟ
- Semitic letter.hechar
- כך
- Semitic letter.smchar
- ࠊ
- Semitic letter.amchar
- 𐡊
- Semitic letter.nbchar
- 𐢏𐢎
- Semitic letter.gechar
- ከ
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Arabic kāf
- As an affix
- Prefix
- Possessive suffix
- Hebrew kaf
- Hebrew pronunciation
- Kaf with the dagesh
- Kaf without the dagesh (khaf)
- Final form of kaf
- Significance of kaph in Hebrew
- Syriac kap
- Character encodings
- References
Kaph (also spelled kaf) is the eleventh letter of the Semitic abjads, including Phoenician kāp 𐤊, Hebrew kāp̄ , Aramaic kāp 𐡊, Syriac kāp̄ ܟ, and Arabic kāf (in abjadi order). It is also related to the Ancient North Arabian 𐪋, South Arabian , and Ge'ez .
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek kappa (Κ), Latin K, and Cyrillic К.