کا

See also: گا

Central Kurdish[edit]

کا (ka)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit किअउं (kiaüṃ), from Sanskrit कृतं (kṛtaṃ) (perfect participle neuter of कृ (kṛ, “to do”)). Dasa also suggests क (ka, diminutive suffix). Compare Hindi का (kā) and Punjabi دا (dā).

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 ― ke dorān ― during

کی طَرَف ― kī taraf ― facing

کا (kā) 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.:
- سونے کی گھَڑی ― sone kī ghaṛī ― a gold watch
- کاٹھ کا گھوڑا ― kāṭh kā ghoṛā ― a wooden horse
In the case of the pronouns of the first and second persons, کا (kā) takes the form را (rā): میرا (merā), تیرا (terā), ہَمارا (hamārā), تُمْہارا (tumhārā).
The masculine oblique کے (ke) and feminine oblique کی (kī) form a large number of compound postpositions such as کے ساتھ (ke sāth, “with”), کے پِیچھے (ke pīche, “behind”), کی طَرْح (kī tarh, “like”) etc.

McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.