ख

See also: ख़

ख U+0916, ख DEVANAGARI LETTER KHA ← क [U+0915] Devanagari ग → [U+0917]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə/

Letter

ख (kha)

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

See also

• 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 ^[edit]

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰə/, [kʰɐ]

Letter

ख • (kha)

1. the second consonant of Hindi

See also

• (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 ^[edit]

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kʰʌ]
• Phonetic Devanagari: ख

Letter

ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant in Nepali.

Old Hindi

Alternative forms

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

Letter

ख (kha)

1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• খ (Assamese script)
• ᬔ (Balinese script)
• খ (Bengali script)
• 𑰏 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀔 (Brahmi script)
• ခ (Burmese script)
• ખ (Gujarati script)
• ਖ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌖 (Grantha script)
• ꦑ (Javanese script)
• 𑂎 (Kaithi script)
• ಖ (Kannada script)
• ខ (Khmer script)
• ຂ (Lao script)
• ഖ (Malayalam script)
• ᡘᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘏 (Modi script)
• ᠻᠠ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦯 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐏 (Newa script)
• ଖ (Odia script)
• ꢓ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆒 (Sharada script)
• 𑖏 (Siddham script)
• ඛ (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩝 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚋 (Takri script)
• க² (Tamil script)
• ఖ (Telugu script)
• ข (Thai script)
• ཁ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒐 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨌 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From the root खन् (khan, “to dig”).

Noun

ख • (kha) stem, n

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

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of ख

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	खम् (kham)	खे (khe)	खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹)
vocative	ख (kha)	खे (khe)	खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹)
accusative	खम् (kham)	खे (khe)	खानि (khāni) खा¹ (khā¹)
instrumental	खेन (khena)	खाभ्याम् (khābhyām)	खैः (khaiḥ) खेभिः¹ (khebhiḥ¹)
dative	खाय (khāya)	खाभ्याम् (khābhyām)	खेभ्यः (khebhyaḥ)
ablative	खात् (khāt)	खाभ्याम् (khābhyām)	खेभ्यः (khebhyaḥ)
genitive	खस्य (khasya)	खयोः (khayoḥ)	खानाम् (khānām)
locative	खे (khe)	खयोः (khayoḥ)	खेषु (kheṣu)

• ¹Vedic

Etymology 2

Letter

ख • (kha)

1. The second consonant of the Devanagari script

References

• 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