See also: क़
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Translingual
editPronunciation
editLetter
editक (ka)
- the Devanagari script’s unvoiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; k /k/
See also
editThis letter creates several irregular ligatures.
Dhivehi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editक • (ka)
- The eighth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editक • (ka)
See also
edit- (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 (Category: Hindi letters) [edit]
Marathi
editPronunciation
editLetter
editक • (ka)
Nepali
editPronunciation
editLetter
editक • (ka)
Pali
editAlternative forms
editAlternative scripts
Pronoun
editक m
- Devanagari script form of ka (“who (m.)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar][1] (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
editDeclension table of "क" (masculine)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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
editक n
- Devanagari script form of ka (“what”)
Declension
editDeclension table of "क" (neuter)
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
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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
editAlternative scripts
editAlternative 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
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editक • (ká)
- interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
- सः कः? ― saḥ kaḥ? ― Who is he?
- एषः कः? ― eṣaḥ kaḥ? ― What is this?
Usage notes
editSentences beginning with क (ka) are often terminated with इति (iti).
Declension
editSee किम् (kim).
Etymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editक • (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
editMasculine a-stem declension of क (ka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कः kaḥ |
कौ / का¹ kau / kā¹ |
काः / कासः¹ kāḥ / kāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | क 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 |
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Etymology 3
editFrom कम् (kam, “to wish, desire, love”).
Noun
editक • (ka) stem, n
Declension
editNeuter a-stem declension of क (ka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | कम् kam |
के ke |
कानि / का¹ kāni / kā¹ |
Vocative | क 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 |
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References
edit- 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan][2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 284-285
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