khā

[ khah ]

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of khā¹

From Arabic

Example Sentences

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?

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The letter h, with a dot, represents a strong guttural, resembling the Arabic Kha.

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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.

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Now the word Kha denotes in ordinary language the elemental ether.

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If the word Kha were not applied to qualify the sense of Ka we should conclude that ordinary pleasure is here called Brahman.

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