"kaph" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɑːf/, /kæf/ Forms: kaphs [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːf, -æf Etymology: From Hebrew כָּף (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian 𒀉 (kappu(m)), Hebrew כַּף (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic كَفّ (kaff), Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔 (kp)) Doublet of kappa. Etymology templates: {{der|en|he|כָּף|t=kaph|tr=kaf}} Hebrew כָּף (kaf, “kaph”), {{der|en|sem-pro|*kapp-||palm, hand}} Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”), {{cog|akk|𒀉|tr=kappu(m)}} Akkadian 𒀉 (kappu(m)), {{cog|he|כַּף|t=hand/foot|tr=kaf}} Hebrew כַּף (kaf, “hand/foot”), {{cog|ar|كَفّ}} Arabic كَفّ (kaff), {{cog|uga|𐎋𐎔|tr=kp}} Ugaritic 𐎋𐎔 (kp), {{doublet|en|kappa}} Doublet of kappa Head templates: {{en-noun}} kaph (plural kaphs)
  1. The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others). Categories (topical): Hebrew letter names Synonyms: caph, kaf, kap Translations (Hebrew letter): كَاف (kāf) [masculine] (Arabic), caf [feminine] (Catalan), kaf (Finnish), kaf [masculine] (French), kaph [masculine] (French), כָּף (kaf) (Hebrew), kaf [feminine, masculine] (Italian), kaf (Malay), کاف (kâf) (Persian), каф (kaf) [masculine] (Russian), кяф (kjaf) [Arabic, letter, masculine] (Russian), כּף (kof) [feminine, masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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