From the Nabataean letter 𐢏 (k, “kaph”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤊 (k, “kāp”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓂧. See also Classical Syriac ܟ (k, “kāp”), Hebrew כ (k, “kap”), Ancient Greek Κ (K), Latin K.
Letter editك / كـ / ـكـ / ـك • (kāf)
The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق (q) and followed by ل (l). See also edit ک Etymology 2 edit Symbol editك / كـ / ـكـ / ـك • (kāf)
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 editCognate with Hebrew כ־ (kə) and Ugaritic 𐎋 (k).
Preposition editكَـ • (ka-)
like, as (followed by a genitive case) زَيْدٌ كَـٱلْأَسَدِ. ― zaydun ka--l-ʔasadi. ― Zayd is like the lion. Synonyms edit مِثْلَ (miṯla) Derived terms edit كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā)كَذَا (kaḏā)كَذَٰلِكَ (kaḏālika)كَمَا (kamā)كَمَنْ (kaman)كَهَٰذَا (kahāḏā)هَٰكَذَا (hākaḏā) See also edit كَمَثَلِ (kamaṯali) Etymology 4 editCognate with Hebrew ־ך (-ḵ).
Pronoun editـكَ • (-ka) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta))
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 editـكِ • (-ki) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ (ʔanti))
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 edit Arabic script letters: حُرُوف (ḥurūf) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): ا, ب, ت, ث, ج, ح, خ, د, ذ, ر, ز, س, ش, ص, ض, ط, ظ, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي [edit] Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet Search for entries beginning with ك Arabic personal pronouns Isolated nominative1 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)2 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)3 ـنَا (-nā) 2nd person m ـكَ (-ka) ـكُمَا (-kumā) ـكُم (-kum) f ـكِ (-ki) ـكُنَّ (-kunna) 3rd person m ـهُ (-hu), ـهِ (-hi)4 ـهُمَا (-humā), ـهِمَا (-himā)3 ـهُم (-hum), ـهِم (-him)4 f ـهَا (-hā) ـهُنَّ (-hunna), ـهِنَّ (-hinna)31. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. 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)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).
Bulgar edit Etymology editFrom Proto-Bulgar *kü. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronoun editكُ (kü)
(Volga Bulgar) this طَطَرْ بَلتُك هِيرِ حَجِمَ بَلُوى كُTatar Beltük hîri Hacime belüwi kü.This is Tatar Beltük's daughter Hacime's monument Descendants edit Chuvash: ку (ku) References edit Unpublished Volga Bulgarian inscriptions A. H. Khalikov and J. G. Muhametshin, page 123 [1] Tekin, Talât (1988), Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language][2] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 111 Erdal, Marcel (1993), Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN Egyptian Arabic edit Pronoun editك • (-ak, -k) m
masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your ازيك (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you? بيك ― bīk ― to you Pronoun editك • (-ik, -ki) f
feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your ازيك (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you? بيكي ― bīki ― to you See also edit بتاع (bitā́ʕ) Kazakh edit Alternative scripts Arabic ك Cyrillic К, к Latin K, k Pronunciation edit (letter name): IPA(key): /kæf/ (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/ Letter editك • (k)
The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter К. Forms edit Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ك ـك ـكـ كـ See also edit Previous letter: ق Next letter: گ Arabic script letters: әріптер (ärıpter) (alphabet appendix, script appendix): 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 [edit] Khowar edit Pronunciation edit (letter name): IPA(key): /kaf/ (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/ Letter editك (kāf)
The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad. Forms edit Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ك ـك ـكـ كـ See also edit Previous letter: ڨ Next letter: گ Malay edit Malay Wikipedia has an article on:كWikipedia ms Alternative forms edit ک Pronunciation edit (Name of letter) IPA(key): [kaf] (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [k], [ɡ] (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [k̚] Letter editك / كـ / ـكـ / ـك
obsolete form of ک obsolete form of ڬ See also edit 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] Moroccan Arabic edit Etymology editFrom Arabic كَانَ (kāna, “to be”). Compare Jijel Algerian Arabic ك (ka-).
Pronunciation edit IPA(key): /kaː/ Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/. Particle editك • (ka-)
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 edit Suffix editـك or ك • (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m
Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta) you, your (masculine) Suffix editـك or ك • (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f
Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti) you, your (feminine) Usage notes edit When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي. See also edit 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) Persian edit Alternative forms edit ک Letter editك • (kâf)
The alternative version of the twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet used in old manuscripts. Forms edit Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ك ـك ـكـ كـ South Levantine Arabic edit Etymology 1 editFrom Arabic ـكَ (-ka).
Suffix editـك • (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m
Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta) you, your (masculine) See also edit 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 editFrom Arabic ـكِ (-ki).
Suffix editـك • (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f
Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti) you, your (feminine) Usage notes edit When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي. See also edit 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 editFrom Arabic كَـ (ka-).
Preposition editكـ • (ka-, k-)
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 edit Pronunciation edit (letter name): IPA(key): /ke/ (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/ Letter editك • (ke)
The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet. Forms edit Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ك ـك ـكـ كـ See also edit Previous letter: ق (q) Next letter: گ (g) Yoruba edit Pronunciation edit (letter name): IPA(key): /kí/ (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/ Letter editك (k)
The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script k. Forms edit Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form ك ـك ـكـ كـ See also edit Previous letter: ج Next letter: ل