ک

See also: ـک, ك, گ, and کـ

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

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]

Arabic

Alternative forms

• ك (k)

Letter

ک • (kāf) (obsolete)

1. The alternative version of the twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet used in rasm writing of Arabic only, but still used in the very early Quranic manuscripts of Arabic.

Forms

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

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک (k)

1. A consonant of the Azerbaijani language used in the Arabic orthography.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ق
• Next letter: گ

Balti

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (transliteration needed)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (k)

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

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (k)

1. The thirty-third letter of the traditional alphabet chart of Kashmiri.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ق (q)
• Next letter: کھ (kh)

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

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 کسکوله.

   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)

1. The thirty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ق
• Next letter: ګ

Persian

Alternative forms

• ك

Letter

ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک • (kâf)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق and followed by گ. Its name is کاف.

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)

1. The twenty-eighth letter of Punjabi in the Shahmukhi script.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ق (qāf)
• Next letter: گ (gāf)

Etymology 2

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

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, 2025

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (khāf)

1. The forty-first letter of the Sindhi abjad.

Forms

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

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]
• Previous letter: ڪ
• Next letter: گ

Urdu

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (kāf)

1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Urdu abjad.

Forms

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

See also

• Previous letter: ق (q)
• Next letter: گ (g)