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Etymology

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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.

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kaph (plural kaphs)

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

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