ک

See also: ـک, ك, گ, and کـ

ک U+06A9, ک
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH
ڨ
[U+06A8]
Arabic ڪ
[U+06AA]
Isolated form Final form Medial form Initial form
ک ـک ـکـ کـ
U+FB8E, ﮎ
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ISOLATED FORM

[U+FB8D]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB8F]
U+FB8F, ﮏ
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH FINAL FORM

[U+FB8E]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB90]
U+FB90, ﮐ
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH INITIAL FORM

[U+FB8F]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB91]
U+FB91, ﮑ
ARABIC LETTER KEHEH MEDIAL FORM

[U+FB90]
Arabic Presentation Forms-A
[U+FB92]

Acehnese

Pronunciation

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [kɯh]
  • (Phoneme) IPA(key): [k]

Letter

ک (keuh) (no case)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Acehnese alphabet, written in the Arabic script.

See also

Arabic

Letter

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

  1. (historical) The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet, written in the Arabic script; an alternative version used only in rasm writing, but still found in very early Quranic manuscripts.

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک (k) (no case)

  1. A letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

Balti

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (transliteration needed) (no case)

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

Burushaski

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (k) (no case)

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

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (k) (no case)

  1. The thirty-third letter of the Kashmiri alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by کھ.

Malay

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک / ﮐـ / ـﮑـ / ـﮏ (no case)

  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 ک سکوله.
    I'm going to school.

See also

Pashto

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /kɑf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/

Letter

ک • (kâf) (no case)

  1. The thirty-second letter of the Pashto alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by ګ.

Persian

Alternative forms

Letter

ک / کـ / ـکـ / ـک • (kâf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Persian alphabet, called کاف and written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.

See also

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /käːf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /k/

Letter

ک • (kāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-eighth letter of the Punjabi alphabet, written in the Shahmukhi script; preceded by ق (qāf) and followed by گ (gāf).

Etymology 2

Contraction of اِکّ (īkk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʊ̽/

Suffix

کُ • (ku) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ)

  1. approximately, roughly, nearly
    کِنّا کُ؟kinnā ku?roughly how much?
    مِیل کُmīl kunearly a mile
  2. a little, a bit, slightly
    رَتا کُratā kua 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, 2026

Sindhi

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (khāf) (no case)

  1. The forty-first letter of the Sindhi alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ڪ and followed by گ.

See also

Urdu

Pronunciation

Letter

ک • (kāf) (no case)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Urdu alphabet, written in the Arabic script; preceded by ق and followed by گ.