ك

See also: ک [U+06A9 ARABIC LETTER KEHEH], گ [U+06AF ARABIC LETTER GAF], کـ, 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

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

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

• ک

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 كَـٱلْأَسَدِ. ― 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: 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)3

1. 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

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

   طَطَرْ بَلتُك هِيرِ حَجِمَ بَلُوى كُ

   Tatar Beltük hîri Hacime belüwi kü.

   This is Tatar Beltük's daughter Hacime's monument

Descendants

• Chuvash: ку (ku)

References

• 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

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

Alternative scripts

Arabic	ك
Cyrillic	К, к
Latin	K, k
Yañalif	K, k

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: 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

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 (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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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)

Persian

Alternative forms

• ک

Letter

ك • (kâf)

1. The alternative version of the twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet used in old manuscripts.

Forms

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

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