-क
Hindi
Etymology
Borrowed from Sanskrit -क (-ka). Doublet of -आ (-ā).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə/
Suffix
-क • (-ka) m
- (productive only with Sanskrit loans) a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
Derived terms
Hindi terms suffixed with -क
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
- -ᬓ (Balinese script)
- -ক (Assamese script)
- -ক (Bengali script)
- -𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
- -𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- -𑌕 (Grantha script)
- -ક (Gujarati script)
- -ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
- -ꦏ (Javanese script)
- -ក (Khmer script)
- -ಕ (Kannada script)
- -ກ (Lao script)
- -ക (Malayalam script)
- -𑘎 (Modi script)
- ᠊ᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
- ᠊ᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
- -က (Burmese script)
- -𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
- -𑐎 (Newa script)
- -କ (Oriya script)
- -ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
- -𑆑 (Sharada script)
- -𑖎 (Siddham script)
- -ක (Sinhalese script)
- -క (Telugu script)
- -ก (Thai script)
- -་ཀ (Tibetan script)
- -𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kɐ/
Etymology 1
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Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъka.
Suffix
-क • (-ka)
- a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
- शश (śaśa, “hare”) + -क (-ka) → शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)
Declension
Masculine a-stem declension of -क (-ka) | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | -कः -kaḥ | -कौ -kau | -काः / -कासः¹ -kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹ |
Vocative | -क -ka | -कौ -kau | -काः / -कासः¹ -kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹ |
Accusative | -कम् -kam | -कौ -kau | -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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Descendants
- → Hindi: -क (-ka)
Etymology 2
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Suffix
-क • (-ka)
- Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns
- फेन (phena, “foam”) + -क (-ka) → फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)