ኀ (ḫa)
The Ge'ez letter ኀ is called ኀርም (ḫarm). It represents an “voiceless velar fricative”, which is a very throaty <h> sound, like <j> in the Spanish word jardin, or <ch> in the German word buch.
Its shape ኀ is derived from the epigraphic character: 𐩭. It correlates to the Arabic letter خ, the Syriac letter ܚ, and the Hebrew letter ח.
Ge’ez words starting with ኀ include ኀይል (ḫayl) “power”, ኂሩት (ḫirut) “goodness”, and ኅብረት (ḫəbrat) “union”.
