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It's pronounced quite oddly, really, not as "ch" or "kh" but as "hah". This puzzled me, but made me include "chali/hali" (carpet), as that is a soft "ch" which is written both ways. The Turkish word for "thorn" is also pronounced with the "h" sound. At first I thought it could have come from the island Chalkis, but aside from the pronounciation being off, when written in Greek the two have different characters and just wouldn't work with the missing essential "i" in the middle. Thank you for acknowledging the post though, I'm glad I received any response!