ک

See also: ـک, ك, گ, and کـ

ک U+06A9, ک ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ← ڨ [U+06A8] Arabic ڪ → [U+06AA]

Isolated form	Final form	Medial form	Initial form
ک	ـک	ـکـ	کـ

ﮎ U+FB8E, ﮎ ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ISOLATED FORM ← ﮍ [U+FB8D] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮏ → [U+FB8F]

ﮏ U+FB8F, ﮏ ARABIC LETTER KEHEH FINAL FORM ← ﮎ [U+FB8E] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮐ → [U+FB90]

ﮐ U+FB90, ﮐ ARABIC LETTER KEHEH INITIAL FORM ← ﮏ [U+FB8F] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮑ → [U+FB91]

ﮑ U+FB91, ﮑ ARABIC LETTER KEHEH MEDIAL FORM ← ﮐ [U+FB90] Arabic Presentation Forms-A ﮒ → [U+FB92]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [kɯh]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [k]

Letter

ک (keuh) (no case)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

• Arabic script letters: حرف (haraih, harah) (script appendix): 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]

Arabic

Letter

ک • (kāf) (no case, modern equivalent ك)

1. (historical) The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; an alternative version used only in rasm writing, but still found in very early Quranic manuscripts.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /cɑf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/, /c/

Letter

ک (k) (no case)

1. A letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (transliteration needed) (no case)

1. The thirty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (k) (no case)

1. The thirty-fifth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (k) (no case)

1. The thirty-third letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by کھ.

Malay

Alternative forms

• ك

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک / ﮐـ / ـﮑـ / ـﮏ (no case)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
2. obsolete form of ݢ

Preposition

ک

1. Jawi spelling of ke.‎

   ساي ڤرݢي ک سکوله.

   I'm going to school.

See also

• Arabic script letters (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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]

Pashto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (kâf) (no case)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by ګ.

Persian

Alternative forms

• ك

Letter

ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک • (kâf) (no case)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Persian alphabet, called کاف and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

See also

• ك (k) (Arabic kāf)
• ڪ, the Kufic variant of the letter
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning with ک

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhi letter: ਕ (kakkā)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (kāf) (no case)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ق (qāf) and followed by گ (gāf).

Etymology 2

Contraction of اِکّ (īkk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊ̽/

Suffix

کُ • (ku) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ)

1. approximately, roughly, nearly

   کِنّا کُ؟ ― kinnā ku? ― roughly how much?

   مِیل کُ ― mīl ku ― nearly a mile

2. a little, a bit, slightly

   رَتا کُ ― ratā ku ― a little bit

Etymology 3

From Sanskrit कु- (ku-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊ/

Prefix

کُـ • (ku-) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ-)

1. wrong, bad, mis-, dys-, mal-, ill-

   Antonym: سُـ (su-)

   کُویࣇے آئے ہو

   kuveḷe ā'e ho

   you came late

   (literally, “you came untimedly”)

Derived terms

Category Punjabi terms prefixed with ک not found

Further reading

• “ਕੁ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

Sindhi

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kʰaf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /kʰ/

Letter

ک • (khāf) (no case)

1. The forty-first letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڪ and followed by گ.

See also

• Arabic script letters: اکر (akharu) (script appendix): ا, ب, ٻ, ڀ, ت, ٿ, ٽ, ٺ, ث, پ, ج, ڄ, جھ, ڃ, چ, ڇ, ح, خ, د, ڌ, ڏ, ڊ, ڍ, ذ, ر, ڙ, ڙھ, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ڦ, ق, ڪ, ک, گ, ڳ, گھ, ڱ, ل, م, ن, ڻ, و, ه, ء, ي ^[edit]

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑːf/
• (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /k/

Letter

ک • (kāf) (no case)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.