क
See also: क़
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Translingual
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kə/
Letter
क (ka)
- The Devanagari script’s unvoiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; k /k/
See also
This letter creates several irregular ligatures.
- क्त (kt) (kta): क + त
- क्ष (kṣ) (kṣa): क + ष
Dhivehi
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kə]
Letter
क • (ka)
- The eighth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari
Hindi
Pronunciation
- (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /kə/
Letter
क • (ka)
- the first consonant in Hindi
See also
- (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kə/
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Letter
क • (ka)
- The first consonant in Marathi.
Nepali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʌ]
- Phonetic Devanagari: क
Letter
क • (ka)
- The first consonant in Nepali.
Pali
Alternative forms
Alternative forms
- ka (Latin script)
- 𑀓 (Brahmi script)
- ক (Bengali script)
- ක (Sinhalese script)
- က or ၵ (Burmese script)
- ก or กะ (Thai script)
- ᨠ (Tai Tham script)
- ກ or ກະ (Lao script)
- ក (Khmer script)
- 𑄇 (Chakma script)
Pronoun
क m
- Devanagari script form of ka (“who (m.)”)
- c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar] (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.
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Declension
Declension table of "क" (masculine)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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
क n
- Devanagari script form of ka (“what”)
Declension
Declension table of "क" (neuter)
Case \\ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
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
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kɐ/
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /kɐ́/
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kɐ/
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
क • (ká)
- interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
- सः कः? ― saḥ kaḥ? ― Who is he?
- एषः कः? ― eṣaḥ kaḥ? ― What is this?
Usage notes
Sentences beginning with क (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
क • (ka) m
- a name
- name of (a) प्रजापति (prajāpati)
- name of ब्रह्मन् (brahman)
- name of दक्ष (dakṣa)
- name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
- name of यम (yama)
- name of गरुड (garuḍa)
- the soul
- a particular comet
- the sun
- fire
- splendor, light
- air
- a peacock
- the body
- time
- wealth
- sound
- a king
- Synonym of काम-ग्रन्थि (kāma-granthi)?
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
क • (ka) n
- happiness, joy, pleasure
- water
- the head
- hair, a head of hair
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “क”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 240.