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Arabic
Letter
ک • (kāf ) ( obsolete )
The alternative version of the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet used in rasm writing of Arabic only, but still used in the very early Quranic manuscripts of Arabic.
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA (key ) : /cɑf/
( phoneme ) : IPA (key ) : /k/ , /c/
Letter
ک (k )
A consonant of the Azerbaijani language used in the Arabic orthography .
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
Previous letter: ق
Next letter: گ
Balti
Pronunciation
Letter
ک (transliteration needed )
The thirty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script
Burushaski
Pronunciation
Letter
ک (k )
The thirty-fifth letter of the Burushaski alphabet , written in the Perso-Arabic script
Kashmiri
Pronunciation
Letter
ک • (k )
The thirty-third letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri .
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
Previous letter: ق ( q )
Next letter: کھ ( kh )
Malay
Pronunciation
( Name of letter ) IPA (key ) :
( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA (key ) :
( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA (key ) :
Letter
ک / ﮐـ / ـﮑـ / ـﮏ
The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet , written in the Arabic script .
Obsolete form of ݢ .
Preposition
ک
Jawi spelling of ke
ساي ڤرݢي ک سکوله.
I'm going to school.
See also
(Arabic script letters ) ا , ب , ت , ة , ث , ج , چ , ح , خ , د , ذ , ر , ز , س , ش , ص , ض , ط , ظ , ع , غ , ڠ , ف , ڤ , ق , ک , ݢ , ل , م , ن , و , ۏ , ه , ء , ي , ى , ڽ
Pashto
Pronunciation
Letter
ک • (kâf )
The thirty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet .
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
Previous letter: ق
Next letter: ګ
Persian
Letter
ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک • (kâf )
The twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet . It is preceded by ق and followed by گ . Its name is کاف .
See also
Punjabi
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Letter
ک • (kāf )
The twenty-eighth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
Previous letter: ق ( qāf )
Next letter: گ ( gāf )
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
Pronunciation
Suffix
کُ • (ku ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ )
approximately , roughly , nearly
کِنّا کُ ؟ ― kinnā ku ? ― roughly how much?
مِیل کُ ― mīl ku ― nearly a mile
a little , a bit , slightly
رَتا کُ ― ratā ku ― a little bit
Etymology 3
From Sanskrit कु- ( ku- ) .
Pronunciation
Prefix
کُـ • (ku- ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ- )
wrong , bad , mis- , dys- , mal- , ill-
Antonym: سُـ ( su- )
کُ ویࣇے آئے ہوku veḷe ā'e hoyou came late (literally, “you came un timedly ”)
Derived terms
Category Punjabi terms prefixed with ک not found
Further reading
“ਕੁ ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary , Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Sindhi
Pronunciation
Letter
ک • (khāf )
The forty-first letter of the Sindhi abjad.
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
(Letters of the Sindhi alphabet ) ا , ب , ٻ , ڀ , ت , ٿ , ٽ , ٺ , ث , پ , ج , ڄ , جھ , ڃ , چ , ڇ , ح , خ , د , ڌ , ڏ , ڊ , ڍ , ذ , ر , ڙ , ڙھ , ز , س , ش , ص , ض , ط , ظ , ع , غ , ف , ڦ , ق , ڪ , ک , گ , ڳ , گھ , ڱ , ل , م , ن , ڻ , و , ه , ء , ي
Previous letter: ڪ
Next letter: گ
Urdu
Pronunciation
Letter
ک • (kāf )
The twenty-ninth letter of the Urdu abjad.
Isolated form
Final form
Medial form
Initial form
ک
ـک
ـکـ
کـ
See also
Previous letter: ق ( q )
Next letter: گ ( g )