kaphとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hebrew כָּף‎ (kaf, “kaph”), from Proto-Semitic *kapp- (“palm, hand”) (Akkadian �� (kappu(m)), Hebrew כַּף‎ (kaf, “hand/foot”), Arabic كَفّ‎ (kaff), Ugaritic ���� (kp)) Doublet of kappa.

発音

• IPA^(key): /kɑːf/, /kæf/
• 韻: -ɑːf, -æf
• Homophone: caf

名詞

kaph (複数形 kaphs)

1. The eleventh letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic かつ others).

参考

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

• kaph on Wikipedia.