ك
Arabic
Bulgar
Egyptian Arabic
Kazakh
Khowar
Malay
Moroccan Arabic
North Levantine Arabic
South Levantine Arabic
Uyghur
Yoruba
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 )
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 )
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- )
like , as ( followed by a genitive case )
زَيْدٌ كَ ٱلْأَسَدِ. zaydun ka- l-ʔasadi. Zayd is like the lion.
Pronoun
ـكَ • ( -ka ) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ ( ʔanta ) )
masculine singular bound object pronoun : you , your
لَكَ ― laka ― to you, for you
بَيْتُكَ ― baytuka ― your (m) house)
أُحِبُّكَ ― ʔuḥibbuka ― I love you (to a male)
Pronoun
ـكِ • ( -ki ) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ ( ʔanti ) )
feminine singular bound object pronoun : you , your
بِكِ ( biki , “ to you ” )
بَيْتُكِ ― baytuki ― your (f) house)
أُحِبُّكِ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)
ك - Bulgar
Pronoun
كُ ( kü )
( Volga Bulgar ) this
ك - Egyptian Arabic
Pronoun
ك • ( -ak, -k ) m
masculine singular bound object pronoun : you , your
ازيك ( to a male ) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?
بيك ― bīk ― to you
Pronoun
ك • ( -ik, -ki ) f
feminine singular bound object pronoun : you , your
ازيك ( to a female ) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?
بيكي ― bīki ― to you
ك - Kazakh
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA: /kæf/
( phoneme ) : IPA: /k/
Letter
ك • ( k )
The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter К .
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ك ـ كـ كـ كـ
ك - Khowar
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA: /kaf/
( phoneme ) : IPA: /k/
Letter
ك ( kāf )
The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ك ـ كـ كـ كـ
ك - Malay
Pronunciation
( Name of letter ) IPA: [kaf]
( Phoneme, Syllable initial ) IPA: [k] , [ɡ]
( Phoneme, Syllable final ) IPA: [k̚]
Letter
ك / كـ / ـكـ / ـك
Obsolete form of ک .
Obsolete form of ڬ .
ك - Moroccan Arabic
Pronunciation
IPA: /kaː/
Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/ .
Particle
ك • ( ka- )
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
Enclitic form of إنت ( ʔinta )
you , your ( masculine )
Suffix
ـك or ك • ( -ik after consonant or -ki after vowel ) f
Enclitic form of إنتي ( ʔinti )
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
Enclitic form of إنت ( ʔinta )
you , your ( masculine )
Suffix
ـك • ( -ek after consonant , -ki after vowel ) f
Enclitic form of إنتي ( ʔinti )
you , your ( feminine )
Usage notes
When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي .
Preposition
كـ • ( ka-, k- )
as ( followed by a noun )
ك صحاب ― ka-ṣhāb ― as friends
كالعادة ― k-il-ʕāde ― as usual (literally, “as the habit ”)
Synonyms: زي ( zayy ) , متل ( mitl )
ك - Uyghur
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA: /ke/
( phoneme ) : IPA: /k/
Letter
ك • ( ke )
The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ك ـ كـ كـ كـ
ك - Yoruba
Pronunciation
( letter name ) : IPA: /kí/
( phoneme ) : IPA: /k/
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