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U+0915, क
DEVANAGARI LETTER KA

Devanagari

Translingual

Stroke order.

Pronunciation

Letter

(ka)

  1. the Devanagari script’s unvoiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; k /k/

See also

This letter creates several irregular ligatures.

Dhivehi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ka)

  1. The eighth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

Pronunciation

Letter

(ka)

  1. the first consonant in Hindi

See also

Marathi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

(ka)

  1. The first consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

(ka)

  1. The first consonant in Nepali.

Pali

Alternative forms

Pronoun

 m

  1. Devanagari script form of ka (who (m.))
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎, 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

Pronoun

 n

  1. Devanagari script form of ka (what)

Declension

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

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

()

  1. interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
    सः कः?saḥ kaḥ?Who is he?
    एषः कः?eṣaḥ kaḥ?What is this?
Usage notes

Sentences beginning with (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

(ka) stemm

  1. a name
    1. name of (a) प्रजापति (prajāpati)
    2. name of ब्रह्मन् (brahman)
    3. name of दक्ष (dakṣa)
    4. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
    5. name of यम (yama)
    6. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
  2. the soul
  3. a particular comet
  4. the sun
  5. fire
  6. splendor, light
  7. air
  8. a peacock
  9. the body
  10. time
  11. wealth
  12. sound
  13. a king
  14. Synonym of कामग्रन्थि (kāmagranthi)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of (ka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कः
kaḥ
कौ / का¹
kau / kā¹
काः / कासः¹
kāḥ / kāsaḥ¹
Vocative
ka
कौ / का¹
kau / kā¹
काः / कासः¹
kāḥ / kāsaḥ¹
Accusative कम्
kam
कौ / का¹
kau / kā¹
कान्
kān
Instrumental केन
kena
काभ्याम्
kābhyām
कैः / केभिः¹
kaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Etymology 3

From कम् (kam, to wish, desire, love).

Noun

(ka) stemn

  1. happiness, joy, pleasure
  2. water
  3. the head
  4. hair, a head of hair
Declension
Neuter a-stem declension of (ka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative कम्
kam
के
ke
कानि / का¹
kāni / kā¹
Vocative
ka
के
ke
कानि / का¹
kāni / kā¹
Accusative कम्
kam
के
ke
कानि / का¹
kāni / kā¹
Instrumental केन
kena
काभ्याम्
kābhyām
कैः / केभिः¹
kaiḥ / 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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/2.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 284-285