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 ^{(Category: Translingual letters) [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 ^{(Category: Hindi letters) [edit]}

Marathi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰə/

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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 (kha)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	खम् kham	खे khe	खानि / खा¹ khāni / khā¹
Vocative	ख kha	खे khe	खानि / खा¹ khāni / khā¹
Accusative	खम् kham	खे khe	खानि / खा¹ khāni / khā¹
Instrumental	खेन khena	खाभ्याम् khābhyām	खैः / खेभिः¹ khaiḥ / 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
Notes	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