ك

ك U+0643, ك ARABIC LETTER KAF ← ق [U+0642] Arabic ل → [U+0644]

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

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]

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /kaːf/

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• (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (letter name): IPA^(key): /kɑːf/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /k/

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.

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf) (no case)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق (q) and followed by ل (l).

• ک

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)

1. The eleventh numeral symbol of the Arabic alphabet (traditional abjad order, used for list numbering), written in the Arabic script; preceded by ى and followed by ل (l).

Cognate with Hebrew כ־ (k^ə) and Ugaritic 𐎋 (k).

كَـ • (ka-)

1. like, as (followed by a genitive case)

   زَيْدٌ كَـٱلْأَسَدِ. ― zaydun ka--l-ʔasadi. ― Zayd is like the lion.

• مِثْلَ (miṯla)

• كَمَثَلِ (kamaṯali)

Cognate with Hebrew ־ך (-ḵ).

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)

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)

• 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

From Proto-Bulgar *kü. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

• Chuvash: ку (ku)

• 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

ك • (-ak, -k) m

1. masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?

   بيك ― bīk ― to you

ك • (-ik, -ki) f

1. feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your

   ازيك (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?

   بيكي ― bīki ― to you

• بتاع (bitā́ʕ)

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

ك • (k) (no case, Cyrillic equivalent К or к)

1. The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by 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]

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

ك (kāf) (no case)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڨ and followed by گ.

• ک

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [kaf]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [k], [ɡ]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [k̚]

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك (no case)

1. obsolete form of ک
2. obsolete form of ڬ

• 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]

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

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

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.

ـك or ك • (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m

1. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
2. you, your (masculine)

ـك or ك • (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f

1. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
2. you, your (feminine)

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

ك • (kʹ) (no case)^[1]

1. (Middle Belarusian Arabica) A letter of the Old Ruthenian alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

• Arabic script letters (script appendix): ا, ب, پ, ت, ث, ج, چ, ح, د, ࢮ, ر, ز, ژ, ش, ࢯ, ص, ض, ط, ع, غ, ف, ق, ك, ل, م, ن, ه, و, ي (خ, ذ, ڛ, س, ظ, ء) ^[edit]

ك • (kâf) (no case, modern equivalent ک)

1. (obsolete) The twenty-fifth letter of the Persian alphabet, written in the Arabic script; an alternative version used in old manuscripts.

From Arabic ـكَ (-ka).

ـك • (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m

2. Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
3. you, your (masculine)

From Arabic ـكِ (-ki).

ـك • (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f

2. Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
3. you, your (feminine)

• When ـك is pronounced as “-ki”, it might be spelled as ـكي.

From Arabic كَـ (ka-).

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”)

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

ك • (ke) (no case)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

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

ك (transliteration needed) (no case, Latin equivalent K or k)

1. The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ج and followed by ل.