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kaph

or caph

[ kahf, kawf ]
/ kɑf, kɔf /
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noun
the eleventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
the consonant sound represented by this letter.
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Origin of kaph

1875–80; <Hebrew: literally, palm (of the hand), sole (of the foot)

Words nearby kaph

kapa haka, ka pai, Kapell, Kapellmeister, Kapfenberg, kaph, Kapila, Kapil Dev, Kapitsa, Kapitza, Kaplan
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British Dictionary definitions for kaph

kaph
/ (kɔːf, kɑːf, Hebrew kaf) /
noun
the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet (כ or, at the end of a word, ך) transliterated as k or, when final, kh

Word Origin for kaph

Hebrew, literally: palm of the hand
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