-क

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit -क (-ka). Doublet of -आ ().

Pronunciation

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  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /kə/, [kɐ]

Suffix

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-क (-kam

  1. (productive only with Sanskrit loans) a diminutive masculine nominal suffix

Derived terms

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Konkani

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Etymology

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

Suffix

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-क (-k) (Latin script -k, Kannada script -ಕ)

  1. marks the accusative/dative case

Usage notes

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Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.

भाचो (bhātsô) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎भाच्याक (bhātsyāk)

Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

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-क (-kam

  1. a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
    शश (śaśa, hare) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎शशक (śaśaka, rabbit”; literally, little hare)
Declension
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Masculine a-stem declension of -क (-ka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative -कः
-kaḥ
-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹
-काः / -कासः¹
-kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Vocative -क
-ka
-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹
-काः / -कासः¹
-kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Accusative -कम्
-kam
-कौ / -का¹
-kau / -kā¹
-कान्
-kān
Instrumental -केन
-kena
-काभ्याम्
-kābhyām
-कैः / -केभिः¹
-kaiḥ / -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
Notes
  • ¹Vedic
Descendants
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  • Hindi: -क (-ka)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -अक (-aka) and -इक (-ika).

Suffix

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-क (-kam

  1. Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns
    फेन (phena, foam) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎फेनक (phenaka, soap”; literally, foam-maker)