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 U+0643, ك ARABIC LETTER KAF ← ق [U+0642] Arabic ل → [U+0644]

ﻙ U+FED9, ﻙ ARABIC LETTER KAF ISOLATED FORM ← ﻘ [U+FED8] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻚ → [U+FEDA]

ﻚ U+FEDA, ﻚ ARABIC LETTER KAF FINAL FORM ← ﻙ [U+FED9] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻛ → [U+FEDB]

ﻛ U+FEDB, ﻛ ARABIC LETTER KAF INITIAL FORM ← ﻚ [U+FEDA] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻜ → [U+FEDC]

ﻜ U+FEDC, ﻜ ARABIC LETTER KAF MEDIAL FORM ← ﻛ [U+FEDB] Arabic Presentation Forms-B ﻝ → [U+FEDD]

Arabic

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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).

See also

• ڪ‎ (k)

Etymology 2

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).

Etymology 3

Cognate with Hebrew כ-‎ (k^ə) and Ugaritic 𐎋 (k).

Preposition

كَـ • (ka-)

1. like, as (followed by a genitive case)

   ‏زَيْدٌ كَٱلْأَسَدِ.‎‎

   zaydun ka-l-ʔasadi.

   Zayd is like the lion.

Synonyms

• مِثْلَ‎ (miṯla)

Derived terms

• كَذَا‎ (kaḏā)
• هَٰكَذَا‎ (hākaḏā)
• كَهَٰذَا‎ (kahāḏā)
• كَذَٰلِكَ‎ (kaḏālika)
• كَمَا‎ (kamā)
• كَمَنْ‎ (kaman)
• كَأَنَّ‎ (kaʔanna)
• كَأَنَّمَا‎ (kaʔannamā)

See also

• كَمَثَلِ‎ (kamaṯali)

Etymology 4

Cognate with Hebrew ־ך‎ (-ḵ).

Pronoun

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

1. 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))

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   بِكِ‎ (biki, “to you”)

   ‏بَيْتُكِ‎ ― baytuki ― your (f) house)

   ‏أُحِبُّكِ‎ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)

See also

• (Arabic script letters) ا‎ (ā), ب‎ (b), ت‎ (t), ث‎ (ṯ), ج‎ (j), ح‎ (ḥ), خ‎ (ḵ), د‎ (d), ذ‎ (ḏ), ر‎ (r), ز‎ (z), س‎ (s), ش‎ (š), ص‎ (ṣ), ض‎ (ḍ), ط‎ (ṭ), ظ‎ (ẓ), ع‎ (ʕ), غ‎ (ḡ), ف‎ (f), ق‎ (q), ك (k), ل‎ (l), م‎ (m), ن‎ (n), ه‎ (h), و‎ (w), ي‎ (y)
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
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Arabic personal pronouns
Isolated nominative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		أَنَا‎ (ʔanā)	نَحْنُ‎ (naḥnu)
2nd person	m	أَنْتَ‎ (ʔanta)	أَنْتُمَا‎ (ʔantumā)	أَنْتُمْ‎ (ʔantum)
	f	أَنْتِ‎ (ʔanti)		أَنْتُنَّ‎ (ʔantunna)
3rd person	m	هُوَ‎ (huwa)	هُمَا‎ (humā)	هُمْ‎ (hum), هُمُ‎ (humu)1
	f	هِيَ‎ (hiya)		هُنَّ‎ (hunna)
Isolated accusative pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		إِيَّايَ‎ (ʔiyyāya)	إِيَّانَا‎ (ʔiyyānā)
2nd person	m	إِيَّاكَ‎ (ʔiyyāka)	إِيَّاكُمَا‎ (ʔiyyākumā)	إِيَّاكُم‎ (ʔiyyākum)
	f	إِيَّاكِ‎ (ʔiyyāki)		إِيَّاكُنَّ‎ (ʔiyyākunna)
3rd person	m	إِيَّاهُ‎ (ʔiyyāhu)	إِيَّاهُمَا‎ (ʔiyyāhumā)	إِيَّاهُمْ‎ (ʔiyyāhum)
	f	إِيَّاهَا‎ (ʔiyyāhā)		إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ (ʔiyyāhunna)
Enclitic accusative and genitive pronouns
		singular	dual	plural
1st person		ـنِي‎ (-nī), ـنِيَ‎ (-niya), ـي‎ (-y), ـيَ‎ (-ya)2	ـنَا‎ (-nā)
2nd person	m	ـكَ (-ka)	ـكُمَا‎ (-kumā)	ـكُم‎ (-kum)
	f	ـكِ (-ki)		ـكُنَّ‎ (-kunna)
3rd person	m	ـهُ‎ (-hu), ـهِ‎ (-hi)3	ـهُمَا‎ (-humā), ـهِمَا‎ (-himā)3	ـهُم‎ (-hum), ـهِم‎ (-him)3
	f	ـهَا‎ (-hā)		ـهُنَّ‎ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ‎ (-hinna)3
1. هُمْ‎ (hum) becomes هُمُ‎ (humu) before the definite article الـ‎ (al--). 2. Specifically, ـنِي‎ (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ‎ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي‎ (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ‎ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي‎ (-ī) or ـيَ‎ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي‎ (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي‎ (ʔinnī)). 3. ـهِـ‎ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ‎ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

Bulgar

Etymology

From Proto-Bulgar *kü. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

كُ (kü)

1. (Volga Bulgar) this

Descendants

• Chuvash: ку (ku)

References

• Unpublished Volga Bulgarian inscriptions A. H. Khalikov and J. G. Muhametshin, page 123 [1]

Egyptian Arabic

Pronoun

ك • (-ak, -k) m

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ‏ازيك‎ (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?

   ‏بيك‎ ― bīk ― to you

Pronoun

ك • (-ik, -ki) f

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ‏ازيك‎ (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?

   ‏بيكي‎ ― bīki ― to you

See also

• بتاع‎ (bitā́ʕ)

Kazakh

Cyrillic	К, к (K, k)
Arabic	ك
Latin

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ك • (k)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ق‎
• Next letter: گ‎
• (Arabic script letters) ا‎, ب‎, پ‎, ﺕ‎, ﺝ‎, ﭺ‎, ﺡ‎, ﺩ‎, ﺭ‎, ﺯ‎, ﺱ‎, ﺵ‎, ﻉ‎, ﻑ‎, ﻕ‎, ك, گ‎, ڭ‎, ﻝ‎, ﻡ‎, ﻥ‎, ە‎, ھ‎, و‎, ۇ‎, ۋ‎, ۆ‎, ى‎, ي‎.

Khowar

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ك (kāf)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ڨ‎
• Next letter: گ‎

Malay

Alternative forms

• ک‎

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك‎

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

See also

• (Arabic script letters) حروف‎; ا‎,‎ ب‎,‎ ت‎,‎ ة‎,‎ ث‎,‎ ج‎,‎ چ‎,‎ ح‎,‎ خ‎,‎ د‎,‎ ذ‎,‎ ر‎,‎ ز‎,‎ س‎,‎ ش‎,‎ ص‎,‎ ض‎,‎ ط‎,‎ ظ‎,‎ ع‎,‎ غ‎,‎ ڠ‎,‎ ف‎,‎ ڤ‎,‎ ق‎,‎ ک‎,‎ ݢ‎,‎ ل‎,‎ م‎,‎ ن‎,‎ و‎,‎ ۏ‎,‎ ه‎,‎ ء‎,‎ ي‎,‎ ى‎,‎ ڽ‎ ^[edit]

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic كَانَ‎ (kāna, “to be”). Compare Jijel Algerian Arabic ك‎ (ka-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaː/
• Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/ or /k/.

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.

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.

See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني‎ (-ni)		ـنا‎ (-na)
	else	ـِي‎ (-i)	ـي‎ (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُن‎ (-kun)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكِ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه‎ (-o)	ـه‎ (-h)	ـهُن‎ (-(h/w/y)un)
	f	ـها‎ (-(h/w/y)a)

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology 1

From Arabic ـكَ‎ (-ka).

Suffix

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

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

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني‎ (-ni)		ـنا‎ (-na)
	else	ـِي‎ (-i)	ـي‎ (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم‎ (-kom) / ـكو‎ (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي‎ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه‎ (-o)	ـه‎ (-h)	ـهُم‎ (-hom)
	f	ـها‎ (-ha)

Etymology 2

From Arabic ـكِ‎ (-ki).

Suffix

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

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

Usage notes

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

See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns
		Singular		Plural
		after consonant	after vowel
1st person	after verb	ـني‎ (-ni)		ـنا‎ (-na)
	else	ـِي‎ (-i)	ـي‎ (-y)
2nd person	m	ـَك (-ak)	ـك (-k)	ـكُم‎ (-kom) / ـكو‎ (-ku)
	f	ـِك (-ek)	ـكي‎ (-ki)
3rd person	m	ـُه‎ (-o)	ـه‎ (-h)	ـهُم‎ (-hom)
	f	ـها‎ (-ha)

Etymology 3

From Arabic كَـ‎ (ka-).

Preposition

كـ • (ka-, k-)

1. as (followed by a noun)

   Synonyms: زي‎ (zayy), متل‎ (mitl)

   ‏كصحاب‎‎ ― ka-ṣhāb ― as friends

   ‏كالعادة‎‎ ― k-il-ʕāde ― as usual (literally, “as the habit”)

Uyghur

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ك • (ke)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ق‎ (q)
• Next letter: گ‎ (g)

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ك (k)

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

Forms

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ك	ـك	ـكـ	كـ

See also

• Previous letter: ج‎
• Next letter: ل‎