ཀ་བ
Tibetan
Etymology
Possibly from Sanskrit स्कम्भ (skambha, “pillar; support; prop”) (Hill, 2007). Compare Nepali खम्बा (khambā, “pillar; pole”), खामो (khāmo, “pillar; post; stake; prop”), Gujarati ખંભ (khambh, “pillar”), ખંભો (khambho, “pillar”), and Marathi खांब (khāmba, “pillar; post”).