کا

See also: گا‎

کا - Central Kurdish

کا (ka)

کا • (kā) (Hindi spelling का)

marks the genitive case: of, belonging to
- ‏فیض کا بھائی‎ ― faiz kā bhā'ī ― Faiz's brother
- ‏اُس کا دوست‎ ― us kā dōst ― his friend
- ‏عائشہ کی گھڑی‎ ― Aisha kī ghaṛī ― Ayesha's watch
part of, from
- ‏مالٹے کا رس‎ ― mālṭe kā ras ― orange juice (literally, “juice from orange”)
- ‏ہاتھ کی اُنگلی‎ ― hāth kī unglī ― finger of the hand.
made of, consisting of
- ‏لوہے کی تلوار‎ ― lōhē kī talvār ― an iron sword
worth, useful
- ‏کیا یہ کوئی کہنے کی بات ہے؟‎‎
  - kyā yeh kō'ī kehnē kī bāt hai?
  - Is this something that is worth saying?
(in the oblique) forms compound postpositions
- ‏کے دوران‎‎ ― kē dōrān ― during
- ‏کی طرف‎‎ ― kī taraf ― facing

کا‎ is a possessive particle in Urdu to show relationships with people and things, and in many cases it can be translated as an apostrophe s as possession would be used in English. It is not used to show possession by people of objects, and, as such, is also frequently used as an adjective termination, e.g. sone-kī ghaṛī, 'a gold watch'; kāṭh-kā ghoṛā, 'a wooden horse'
The oblique form کے‎ (kē) forms a large number of compound pospositions such as کے‎ ساتھ‎ (kē sāth) (with), کے‎ پیچھے‎ (ke pīćhē) (behind), etc.