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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).
Letter
خ / خ / خ / خ • (ḵāʔ)
Symbol
خ / خ / خ / خ • (ḵāʔ)
See also
- (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
- Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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References
- Diem, Werner (1980) “Untersuchungen zur frühen Geschichte der arabischen Orthographie: II. Die Schreibung der Konsonanten”, in Orientalia (in German), volume 49, number 1, , page 74
Balti
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /x/, [x]
Letter
خ (transliteration needed)
- The twelfth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /qʰ/, [qʰ~qχ~χ]
Letter
خ (transliteration needed)
- The fourteenth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script
Chinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /x/, [x]
Usage notes
- This letter is used before the finals -u, -ua, -uai, -uan, -uang, -ui, -un, -uo.
Hijazi Arabic
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ˈxaːʔ/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/
- (allophones): IPA(key): [x], [χ]
Letter
خ • (ḵāʔ)
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Kashmiri
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Khowar
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [xɔ]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [x]
Pashto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/
Letter
خ • (xe)
- The twelfth letter of the Pashto alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Persian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /xe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /x/
Letter
خ / خ / خ / خ • (xe)
- The ninth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ح and followed by د.
Sindhi
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /xeː/
- (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /x/
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
Uyghur
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /χe/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /χ/
Letter
خ • (xe)
- The eighth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Forms
Isolated form | Final form | Medial form | Initial form |
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خ | ـخ | ـخـ | خـ |
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