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This article is about the second letter of the Bengali alphabet. For a more general overview encompassing other Indic scripts, see Kha (Indic).

The Bengali letter খ is derived from the Siddhaṃ , and is marked by the lack of a horizontal head line, unlike its Devanagari counterpart, ख. The inherent vowel of Bengali consonant letters is /ɔ/, so the bare letter খ will sometimes be transliterated as "kho" instead of "kha". Adding okar, the "o" vowel mark, খো, gives a reading of /kho/.

Like all Indic consonants, খ can be modified by marks to indicate another (or no) vowel than its inherent "a".

Bengali letter খ (Kha)

খ in Bengali-using languages

খ is used as a basic consonant character in all of the major Bengali script orthographies, including Bengali and Assamese.

Conjuncts with খ

Bengali খ does not exhibit any irregular conjunct ligatures, beyond adding the standard trailing forms of ব, য ya-phala, and র ra-phala, and the leading repha form of র.

  • খ্ + ব gives us the ligature

  • খ্ + য gives us the ligature

  • খ্ + র gives us the ligature

  • while র্ + খ gives us the ligature

See also

References

  1. "The Bengali Alphabet" (PDF). 20 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2012.
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