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Translingual
Pronunciation
Letter
क (ka)
- the Devanagari script’s unvoiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; k /k/
See also
This letter creates several irregular ligatures.
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
Letter
क • (ka)
- The eighth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
Letter
क • (ka)
See also
- (nuqta form): क़ (qa)
- Devanagari script letters: अ, आ, इ, ई, उ, ऊ, ऋ, ए, ऐ, ओ, औ, अं, अः, अँ, क, ख, ग, घ, ङ, च, छ, ज, झ, ञ, ट, ठ, ड, ढ, ण, त, थ, द, ध, न, प, फ, ब, भ, म, य, र, ल, व, श, ष, स, ह, त्र, ज्ञ, क्ष, क़, ख़, ग़, ज़, झ़, ड़, ढ़, फ़
Marathi
Pronunciation
Letter
क • (ka)
Nepali
Pronunciation
Letter
क • (ka)
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative scripts
Pronoun
क m
- Devanagari script form of ka (“who (m.)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
- अक्खर इच्चनेन क्वत्थो? अत्थो अक्खर-सञ्ञातो
- Akkhara iccanena kvattho? Attho akkhara-saññāto.
- What is the meaning of this, viz. a 'letter'? The meaning comes from being skilled in letters.
Declension
Declension table of "क" (masculine)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | को (ko) | के (ke) |
| Accusative (second) | कं (kaṃ) | के (ke) |
| Instrumental (third) | केन (kena) | केहि (kehi) or केभि (kebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | कस्स (kassa) or किस्स (kissa) | केसं (kesaṃ) or केसानं (kesānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | कस्मा (kasmā) or किस्मा (kismā) | केहि (kehi) or केभि (kebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | कस्स (kassa) or किस्स (kissa) | केसं (kesaṃ) or केसानं (kesānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | कस्मिं (kasmiṃ) or कम्हि (kamhi) or किस्मिं (kismiṃ) or किम्हि (kimhi) | केसु (kesu) |
Pronoun
क n
- Devanagari script form of ka (“what”)
Declension
Declension table of "क" (neuter)
| Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative (first) | किं (kiṃ) | कानि (kāni) |
| Accusative (second) | किं (kiṃ) | कानि (kāni) |
| Instrumental (third) | केन (kena) | केहि (kehi) or केभि (kebhi) |
| Dative (fourth) | कस्स (kassa) or किस्स (kissa) | केसं (kesaṃ) or केसानं (kesānaṃ) |
| Ablative (fifth) | कस्मा (kasmā) or किस्मा (kismā) | केहि (kehi) or केभि (kebhi) |
| Genitive (sixth) | कस्स (kassa) or किस्स (kissa) | केसं (kesaṃ) or केसानं (kesānaṃ) |
| Locative (seventh) | कस्मिं (kasmiṃ) or कम्हि (kamhi) or किस्मिं (kismiṃ) or किम्हि (kimhi) | केसु (kesu) |
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- ক (Assamese script)
- ᬓ (Balinese script)
- ক (Bengali script)
- 𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- က (Burmese script)
- ક (Gujarati script)
- ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌕 (Grantha script)
- ꦏ (Javanese script)
- 𑂍 (Kaithi script)
- ಕ (Kannada script)
- ក (Khmer script)
- ກ (Lao script)
- ക (Malayalam script)
- ᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐎 (Newa script)
- କ (Odia script)
- ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆑 (Sharada script)
- 𑖎 (Siddham script)
- ක (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩜 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚊 (Takri script)
- க (Tamil script)
- క (Telugu script)
- ก (Thai script)
- ཀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀 (ka), Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), Latin quis, Old English hwā (whence English who).
Pronoun
क • (ká)
- interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
- सः कः? ― saḥ kaḥ? ― Who is he?
- एषः कः? ― eṣaḥ kaḥ? ― What is this?
Usage notes
Sentences beginning with क (ka) are often terminated with इति (iti).
Declension
See किम् (kim).
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
क • (ka) stem, m
- a name
- the soul
- a particular comet
- the sun
- fire
- splendor, light
- air
- a peacock
- the body
- time
- wealth
- sound
- a king
- synonym of कामग्रन्थि (kāmagranthi)
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कः (kaḥ) | कौ (kau) का¹ (kā¹) |
काः (kāḥ) कासः¹ (kāsaḥ¹) |
| accusative | कम् (kam) | कौ (kau) का¹ (kā¹) |
कान् (kān) |
| instrumental | केन (kena) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | कैः (kaiḥ) केभिः¹ (kebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | काय (kāya) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कात् (kāt) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कस्य (kasya) | कयोः (kayoḥ) | कानाम् (kānām) |
| locative | के (ke) | कयोः (kayoḥ) | केषु (keṣu) |
| vocative | क (ka) | कौ (kau) का¹ (kā¹) |
काः (kāḥ) कासः¹ (kāsaḥ¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Etymology 3
From कम् (kam, “to wish, desire, love”).
Noun
क • (ka) stem, n
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | कम् (kam) | के (ke) | कानि (kāni) का¹ (kā¹) |
| accusative | कम् (kam) | के (ke) | कानि (kāni) का¹ (kā¹) |
| instrumental | केन (kena) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | कैः (kaiḥ) केभिः¹ (kebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | काय (kāya) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | कात् (kāt) | काभ्याम् (kābhyām) | केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | कस्य (kasya) | कयोः (kayoḥ) | कानाम् (kānām) |
| locative | के (ke) | कयोः (kayoḥ) | केषु (keṣu) |
| vocative | क (ka) | के (ke) | कानि (kāni) का¹ (kā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/2.
- Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 284-285