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Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit -क (-ka). Doublet of -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-क • (-ka) m
- (productive only with Sanskrit loans) a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
Derived terms
Konkani
Etymology
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Suffix
-क • (-k) (Latin script -k, Kannada script -ಕ)
- marks the accusative/dative case
Usage notes
Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.
- भाचो (bhātsô) + -क (-ka) → भाच्याक (bhātsyāk)
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-European *-keh₂. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъka.
Suffix
-क • (-ka) m
- a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
- शश (śaśa, “hare”) + -क (-ka) → शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -अक (-aka) and -इक (-ika).
Suffix
-क • (-ka) m
- Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns
- फेन (phena, “foam”) + -क (-ka) → फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)