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khā

[ khah ]

/ xɑ /

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noun

the seventh letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar spirant consonant sound.

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Origin of khā

From Arabic

Words nearby khā

KGB, kgf, kg-m, KGPS, kh, khā, Khabarovsk, Khabur, Khachaturian, Khadafy, khaddar

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How to use khā in a sentence

Tell me rather, for the time presses when such issues hang on the lips of dying men, to what extent Kha-hia's legions stretch?
Kai Lung's Golden Hours|Ernest Bramah
The letter h, with a dot, represents a strong guttural, resembling the Arabic Kha.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
When the first syllable of a word has not the main stress-accent, it also takes a secondary one, as in d-kha-li-ai-nhi.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7|Various
Now the word Kha denotes in ordinary language the elemental ether.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut

If the word Kha were not applied to qualify the sense of Ka we should conclude that ordinary pleasure is here called Brahman.
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya|Translator: George Thibaut