का

का - Bagheli

Pronoun

का (kā)

what

का - Hindi

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA: /kɑː/, [käː]

Postposition

का • (kā) (Urdu spelling کا‎)

marks the genitive case: of, belonging to
- राम का भाई ― rām kā bhāī ― Ram's brother
- उसका दोस्त ― uskā dost ― his friend
- सोनिया की घड़ी ― soniyā kī ghaṛī ― Soniya's watch.
part of, from
- संतरे का रस
  - santre kā ras
  - orange juice
  - (literally, “juice from orange”)
- हाथ की उंगली ― hāth kī uṅglī ― finger of the hand.
made of, consisting of
- लोहे का तलवार
  - lohe kā talvār
  - an iron sword
worth, useful
- क्या यह कोई कहने की बात है?
  - kyā yah koī kahne kī bāt hai?
  - Is this something that is worth saying?
(colloquial) marks the prospective case
- वह नहीं कहने का।
  - vah nahī̃ kahne kā.
  - He's not going to talk.
(in the oblique) forms compound postpositions
- के दौरान ― ke daurān ― during
- की तरफ़ ― kī taraf ― facing

Usage notes

का is a possessive postposition in Hindi to show relationships with people and things, and in many cases it can be translated as a Saxon genitive, as possession would be used in English.
Some pronoun genitive forms change का into रा, e.x. मेरा (merā, “my”).
It also forms a large number of compound postpositions such as के साथ (ke sāth, “with”), के पीछे (ke pīche, “behind”), की तरफ़ (kī taraf, “facing”), etc.

Declension

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	का kā	के ke	की kī	की kī
oblique	के ke	के ke	की kī	की kī
vocative	के ke	के ke	की kī	की kī

Pronoun

का • (kā)

(dialectal) Alternative form of क्या (kyā); what

Translations

Afrikaans: se (af)
Arabic: genitive construction is used - the thing owned is followed by the owner in the genitive case - (إضافَة‎ iḍāfa)
Armenian: -ի (-i), -յի (-yi)
Bulgarian: на (bg) (na) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Burmese: ၏ (my) (e)
Chinese:
- Cantonese: 嘅 (yue) (ge³) (vernacular), 的 (dik¹) (formal), 之 (yue) (zi¹) (classical)
- Mandarin: 的 (zh) (de), 之 (zh) (zhī) (classical)
Czech: -ův (cs), -in (cs)
Dutch: -s (nl) (formal)
English: -'s (en)
Esperanto: de (eo) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Finnish: -n (fi) (genitive suffix)
French: de (fr) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
German: -s (de), des (de) m or n der (de) f (genitive, after the thing owned and before the owner, or before the owner and the thing owned), von (de) (after the thing owned and before the owner with dative)
- Silesian: -s, -sch (by words ending with r)
Greek: του (el) m or n (tou), της (el) f (tis), των (el) pl (ton) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Hungarian: -é (predicatively), -a/-e/-ja/-je (suffix on the thing owned)
Italian: di (it) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Japanese: の (ja) (no), が (ja) (ga)(literary or Kagoshima), つ (ja) (tsu)(archaic or obsolete), ん (ja) (n)(informal)
Khmer: នៃ (km) (nɨy) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Korean: 의 (ko) (ui)
Lao: ຂອງ (lo) (khǭng) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Latin: (genitive case of the owner)
Malay: milik (ms) (optional, after the thing owned and before the owner)
Neapolitan: 'e
Norwegian: -s (no), til (no) (after the thing owned and before the owner, his genitive)
Persian: ezafe (اضافه‎ (ezâfe)) is used, a Persian grammatical construct
Portuguese: de (pt) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Russian: -ов (ru) m (-ov), -ев (ru) m (-ev), -ёв (ru) m (-jóv), -ин (ru) m (-in), -ын (ru) m (-yn); (genitive case of the owner after the thing owned)
Southern Amami-Oshima: な (na)
Spanish: de (es) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Swedish: -s (sv)
Thai: ของ (th) (kɔ̌ɔng) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
Turkish: -'nin, -'nun, -'nın
Urdu: کا‎ m (kā), کے‎ m pl (ke), کی‎ f (kī), کی‎ f pl (kī)
Vietnamese: của (vi) (after the thing owned and before the owner)
West Frisian: fan (fy) (after the thing owned and before the owner), -'s (dated)

का - Marathi

Alternative forms

कला (kalā) – East Indian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ka/

Adverb

का • (kā)

why
- हे तू का केलेस?
  - he tū kā keles?
  - Why did you do this?
- Synonyms: कशाने (kaśāne), कशामुळे (kaśāmuḷe)

Conjunction

का • (kā)

Particle

का • (kā)

final interrogative particle to form a yes-no question
- तुम्ही दिल्लीचे का?
  - tumhī dillīce kā?
  - Are you from Delhi?

का - Pali

Alternative forms

kā (Latin script)
𑀓𑀸 (Brahmi script)
কা (Bengali script)
කා (Sinhalese script)
ကာ or ၵႃ (Burmese script)
กา (Thai script)
ᨠᩣ (Tai Tham script)
ກາ (Lao script)
កា (Khmer script)
𑄇𑄂 (Chakma script)

Pronoun

का f

Devanagari script form of kā (“who (f.)”)

Declension

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	का (kā)	कायो (kāyo) or का (kā)
Accusative (second)	कं (kaṃ)	कायो (kāyo) or का (kā)
Instrumental (third)	काय (kāya)	काहि (kāhi) or काभि (kābhi)
Dative (fourth)	काय (kāya) or कस्सा (kassā)	कासं (kāsaṃ) or कासानं (kāsānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	काय (kāya)	काहि (kāhi) or काभि (kābhi)
Genitive (sixth)	काय (kāya) or कस्सा (kassā)	कासं (kāsaṃ) or कासानं (kāsānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	काय (kāya) or कायं (kāyaṃ)	कासु (kāsu)

का - Sheshi Kham

Alternative forms

काः

Pronunciation

IPA: /kɐ/

Noun

का

का - Yamphu

Pronunciation

IPA: /ka/

Pronoun

का (kā)

I, me