ك

See also: ک [U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH], گ [U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF], ک-, ڪ [U+06AA ARABIC LETTER SWASH KAF], and 𞹪 [U+1EE6A ARABIC MATHEMATICAL STRETCHED KAF]

ك - Arabic

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /kaːf/
  • (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (letter name): IPA: /kɑːf/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /k/

Letter

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك (kāf)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق(q) and followed by ل(l).

Symbol

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك (kāf)

  1. The eleventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ى‎ and followed by ل(l).

Preposition

كَـ (ka-)

  1. like, as (followed by a genitive case)
    • زَيْدٌ كَٱلْأَسَدِ.
      • zaydun ka-l-ʔasadi.
      • Zayd is like the lion.

Pronoun

ـكَ (-ka) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta))

  1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    • لَكَlakato you, for you
    • بَيْتُكَbaytukayour (m) house)
    • أُحِبُّكَʔuḥibbukaI love you (to a male)

Pronoun

ـكِ (-ki) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ (ʔanti))

  1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    • بِكِ (biki, to you)
    • بَيْتُكِbaytukiyour (f) house)
    • أُحِبُّكِʔuḥibbukiI love you (to a female)

ك - Bulgar

Pronoun

كُ ()

  1. (Volga Bulgar) this

Descendants

ك - Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

ك (-ak, -k) m

  1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    • ازيك (to a male)izzáyyakHow are you?
    • بيكbīkto you

Pronoun

ك (-ik, -ki) f

  1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    • ازيك (to a female)izzáyyikHow are you?
    • بيكيbīkito you

ك - Kazakh

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /kæf/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /k/

Letter

ك (k)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter К.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
كـكـكـكـ

ك - Khowar

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /kaf/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /k/

Letter

ك (kāf)

  1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
كـكـكـكـ

ك - Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA: [kaf]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [k], [ɡ]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [k̚]

Letter

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك

  1. Obsolete form of ک.
  2. Obsolete form of ڬ.

ك - Moroccan Arabic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kaː/
  • Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/.

Particle

ك (ka-)

  1. Used to prefix a non-past verb to mark the present tense.
    • كناكل هاد الخبز
      • kanākul hād el-ḵubz
      • I am eating this bread
    • كيقول ما بغى
      • kayqūl ma bḡa
      • He says what he wants.

ك - North Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـك or ك (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m

  1. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
  2. you, your (masculine)

Suffix

ـك or ك (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f

  1. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
  2. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

  • When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

ك - South Levantine Arabic

Suffix

ـك (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m

  1. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
  2. you, your (masculine)

Suffix

ـك (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f

  1. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
  2. you, your (feminine)

Usage notes

  • When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

Preposition

كـ (ka-, k-)

  1. as (followed by a noun)
    • كصحابka-ṣhābas friends
    • كالعادةk-il-ʕādeas usual (literally, “as the habit”)
    • Synonyms: زي (zayy), متل (mitl)

ك - Uyghur

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /ke/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /k/

Letter

ك (ke)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
كـكـكـكـ

ك - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA: /kí/
  • (phoneme): IPA: /k/

Letter

ك (k)

  1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script k.

Forms

Isolated formFinal formMedial formInitial form
كـكـكـكـ
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