kaf

American

[kahf] / kɑf /

noun

the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing a velar stop consonant sound.

Etymology

Origin of kaf

From the Arabic word kāf

Example Sentences

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In Kailouee Tuarick there is no kaf or ghain.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 2 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by Richardson, James

Ok þā er konungr sjālfr hafði ā kaf hlaupit, vildu þeir taka hann hǫndum, ok fœra Eirīki jarli.

From Icelandic Primer with Grammar, Notes and Glossary by Sweet, Henry

Zaradusht brought to the king the book of Avesta, the name of which in Arabic has received a final kaf and has thus become Abestak.

From Iranian Influence on Moslem Literature, Part I by Nariman, G. K. (Gushtaspshah Kaikhushro)

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