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U+0915, क
DEVANAGARI LETTER KA

[U+0914]
Devanagari
[U+0916]

Translingual

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Stroke order.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ka)

  1. the Devanagari script’s unvoiced, unaspirated guttural consonant; k /k/

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This letter creates several irregular ligatures.

Dhivehi

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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(ka)

  1. The eighth consonant in Dhivehi, written in Devanagari

Hindi

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Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə/, [kɐ]

Letter

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(ka)

  1. the first consonant in Hindi

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Marathi

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kə/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

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(ka)

  1. The first consonant in Marathi.

Nepali

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [kʌ]
  • Phonetic Devanagari:

Letter

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(ka)

  1. The first consonant in Nepali.

Pali

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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 m

  1. Devanagari script form of ka (who (m.))
    • c. 500 AD, Kaccāyana, Pālivyākaraṇaṃ [Pali Grammar]‎[1] (overall work in Pali), page 2; republished as Satish Chandra Acharyya Vidyabhusana, editor, Kaccayana's Pali Grammar (edited in Devanagari character and translated into English), Calcutta, Bengal: Mahabodhi Society, 1901:
      अक्खर इच्‍चनेन क्वत्‍थो? अत्थो अक्खर-सञ्ञातो
      Akkhara iccanena kvattho? Attho akkhara-saññāto.
      What is the meaning of this, viz. a 'letter'? The meaning comes from being skilled in letters.

Declension

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Pronoun

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 n

  1. Devanagari script form of ka (what)

Declension

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Sanskrit

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    From Proto-Indo-Aryan *kás, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kás, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷós. Cognate with Avestan 𐬐𐬀 (ka), Ancient Greek ποῖος (poîos), Latin quis, Old English hwā (whence English who).

    Pronoun

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    1. interrogative pronoun; who, what, which
      सः कः?saḥ kaḥ?Who is he?
      एषः कः?eṣaḥ kaḥ?What is this?
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    Sentences beginning with (ka) are often terminated with इति (iti).

    Declension
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    See किम् (kim).

    Etymology 2

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Noun

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      (ka) stemm

      1. a name
        1. name of (a) प्रजापति (prajāpati)
        2. name of ब्रह्मन् (brahman)
        3. name of दक्ष (dakṣa)
        4. name of विष्णु (viṣṇu)
        5. name of यम (yama)
        6. name of गरुड (garuḍa)
      2. the soul
      3. a particular comet
      4. the sun
      5. fire
      6. splendor, light
      7. air
      8. a peacock
      9. the body
      10. time
      11. wealth
      12. sound
      13. a king
      14. synonym of कामग्रन्थि (kāmagranthi)
      Declension
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      Masculine a-stem declension of
      singular dual plural
      nominative कः (kaḥ) कौ (kau)
      का¹ (kā¹)
      काः (kāḥ)
      कासः¹ (kāsaḥ¹)
      accusative कम् (kam) कौ (kau)
      का¹ (kā¹)
      कान् (kān)
      instrumental केन (kena) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) कैः (kaiḥ)
      केभिः¹ (kebhiḥ¹)
      dative काय (kāya) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ)
      ablative कात् (kāt) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ)
      genitive कस्य (kasya) कयोः (kayoḥ) कानाम् (kānām)
      locative के (ke) कयोः (kayoḥ) केषु (keṣu)
      vocative (ka) कौ (kau)
      का¹ (kā¹)
      काः (kāḥ)
      कासः¹ (kāsaḥ¹)
      • ¹Vedic

      Etymology 3

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        From कम् (kam, to wish, desire, love).

        Noun

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        (ka) stemn

        1. happiness, joy, pleasure
        2. water
        3. the head
        4. hair, a head of hair
        Declension
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        Neuter a-stem declension of
        singular dual plural
        nominative कम् (kam) के (ke) कानि (kāni)
        का¹ (kā¹)
        accusative कम् (kam) के (ke) कानि (kāni)
        का¹ (kā¹)
        instrumental केन (kena) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) कैः (kaiḥ)
        केभिः¹ (kebhiḥ¹)
        dative काय (kāya) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ)
        ablative कात् (kāt) काभ्याम् (kābhyām) केभ्यः (kebhyaḥ)
        genitive कस्य (kasya) कयोः (kayoḥ) कानाम् (kānām)
        locative के (ke) कयोः (kayoḥ) केषु (keṣu)
        vocative (ka) के (ke) कानि (kāni)
        का¹ (kā¹)
        • ¹Vedic

        References

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        • Monier Williams (1899), “”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 247/2.
        • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 284-285