ك

See also: ک [U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH], گ [U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF], ک-, ڪ [U+06AA ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF], and 𞹪 [U+1EE6A ARABIC MATHEMATICAL STRETCHED KAF]

ك U+0643, ك ARABIC LETTER KAF ← ق [U+0642] Arabic ل → [U+0644]

ﻙ U+FED9, ﻙ ARABIC LETTER KAF ISOLATED FORM ← ﻘ [U+FED8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻚ → [U+FEDA]

ﻚ U+FEDA, ﻚ ARABIC LETTER KAF FINAL FORM ← ﻙ [U+FED9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻛ → [U+FEDB]

ﻛ U+FEDB, ﻛ ARABIC LETTER KAF INITIAL FORM ← ﻚ [U+FEDA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻜ → [U+FEDC]

ﻜ U+FEDC, ﻜ ARABIC LETTER KAF MEDIAL FORM ← ﻛ [U+FEDB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻝ → [U+FEDD]

Arabic

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaːf/
• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (letter name): IPA^(key): /kɑːf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Etymology 1

From the Nabataean letter 𐢏 (k, “kaph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kāp”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧. See also Classical Syriac ܟ (k, “kāp”), Hebrew כ (k, “kap”), Ancient Greek Κ (K), Latin K.

Letter

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق (q) and followed by ل (l).

See also

• ڪ (k)

Etymology 2

Symbol

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)

1. The eleventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ى and followed by ل (l).

Etymology 3

Cognate with Hebrew כ- (k^ə) and Ugaritic 𐎋 (k).

Preposition

كَـ • (ka-)

1. like, as (followed by a genitive case)

   زَيْدٌ كَـٱلْأَسَدِ.

   zaydun ka--l-ʔasadi.

   Zayd is like the lion.

Synonyms

• مِثْلَ (miṯla)

Derived terms

• كَذَا (kaḏā)
• هَٰكَذَا (hākaḏā)
• كَهَٰذَا (kahāḏā)
• كَذَٰلِكَ (kaḏālika)
• كَمَا (kamā)
• كَمَنْ (kaman)
• كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)
• كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā)

See also

• كَمَثَلِ (kamaṯali)

Etymology 4

Cognate with Hebrew ־ך (-ḵ).

Pronoun

ـكَ • (-ka) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta))

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   لَكَ ― laka ― to you, for you

   بَيْتُكَ ― baytuka ― your (m) house)

   أُحِبُّكَ ― ʔuḥibbuka ― I love you (to a male)

Pronoun

ـكِ • (-ki) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ (ʔanti))

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   بِكِ (biki, “to you”)

   بَيْتُكِ ― baytuki ― your (f) house)

   أُحِبُّكِ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا (ʔalif), ب (bāʔ), ت (tāʔ), ث (ṯāʔ), ج (jīm), ح (ḥāʔ), خ (ḵāʔ), د (dāl), ذ (ḏāl), ر (rāʔ), ز (zāy), س (sīn), ش (šīn), ص (ṣād), ض (ḍād), ط (ṭāʔ), ظ (ẓāʔ), ع (ʕayn), غ (ḡayn), ف (fāʔ), ق (qāf), ك (kāf), ل (lām), م (mīm), ن (nūn), ه (hāʔ), و (wāw), ي (yāʔ)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ك

Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative1 pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ (ʔantum)
	f	أَنْتِ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ (huwa)	هُمَا (humā)	هُمْ (hum), هُمُ (humu)2
	f	هِيَ (hiya)		هُنَّ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم (ʔiyyākum)
	f	إِيَّاكِ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ (ʔiyyāhum)
	f	إِيَّاهَا (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي (-nī), ـنِيَ (-niya), ـي (-y), ـيَ (-ya)3	ـنَا (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا (-kumā)	ـكُم (-kum)
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4	ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)3	ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)4
	f	ـهَا (-hā)		ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)3
1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Bulgar *kü. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

كُ (kü)

1. (Volga Bulgar) this

Descendants

• Chuvash: ку (ku)

References

• Unpublished Volga Bulgarian inscriptions A. H. Khalikov and J. G. Muhametshin, page 123 [1]

Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

ك • (-ak, -k) m

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?

   بيك ― bīk ― to you

Pronoun

ك • (-ik, -ki) f

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?

   بيكي ― bīki ― to you

See also

• بتاع (bitā́ʕ)

Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic	ك
Cyrillic	К, к
Latin	K, k
Yañalif	K, k

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kæf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك • (k)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter К.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ق
• Next letter: گ
• (Arabic script letters) ا, ب, پ, ت, ج, چ, ح, د, ر, ز, س, ش, ع, ف, ق, ك, گ, ڭ, ل, م, ن, ە, ھ, و, ۇ, ۋ, ۆ, ى, ي.

Khowar

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك (kāf)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڨ
• Next letter: گ

Malay

Alternative forms

• ک

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [kaf]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [k], [ɡ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

Letter

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك

1. Obsolete form of ک.
2. Obsolete form of ڬ.

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 ^[edit]

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Compare Jijel Algerian Arabic ك (ka-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/
• Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/.

Particle

ك • (ka-)

1. Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present tense.

   كناكل هاد الخبز ― kanākul hād el-ḵubz ― I am eating this bread

   كيقول ما بغى ― kayqūl ma bḡa ― He says what he wants.

North Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m

1. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
2. you, your (masculine)

Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f

1. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
2. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُن (-kun)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكِ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un)
	f	ـها (-(h/w/y)a)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ـكَ (-ka).

Suffix

ـك • (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m

2. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
3. you, your (masculine)

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ـكِ (-ki).

Suffix

ـك • (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f

2. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
3. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني (-ni)		ـنا (-na)
	else	ـِي (-i)	ـي (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه (-o)	ـه (-h)	ـهُم (-hom)
	f	ـها (-ha)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَـ (ka-).

Preposition

كـ • (ka-, k-)

1. as (followed by a noun)

   Synonyms: زي (zayy), متل (mitl)

   كصحاب ― ka-ṣhāb ― as friends

   كالعادة ― k-il-ʕāde ― as usual (literally, “as the habit”)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ke/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك • (ke)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ق (q)
• Next letter: گ (g)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kí/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ك (k)

1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script k.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج
• Next letter: ل