کا
See also: گا
کا - Central Kurdish
Noun
کا (ka)
کا - Urdu
Particle
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
Usage notes
- 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.
Inflection
- Feminine: کی (kī)
- Oblique and masculine plural: کے (ke)