ک

See also:ـک,ك,گ,andک-

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 theArabic alphabetused 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. Aconsonantof theAzerbaijanilanguage used in theArabicorthography.

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-sixthletterof theBaltialphabet,written in thePerso-Arabicscript

Burushaski

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/k/,[k]

Letter

ک(k)

1. The thirty-fifthletterof theBurushaskialphabet,written in thePerso-Arabicscript

Kashmiri

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک•(k)

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

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-fifthletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theArabic script.
2. Obsoleteform ofݢ.

Preposition

ک

1. Jawispelling ofke‎

   ساي ڤرݢيکسکوله.

   I'm goingtoschool.

See also

• (Arabic script letters)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 thePashto 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 thePerso-Arabic alphabet.It is preceded byقand followed byگ.Its name isکاف.

See also

• ك(k)(Arabic kāf)
• ڪ,theKuficvariant of the letter
• Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
• Search for entries beginning withک

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• Gurmukhiletter:ਕ(kakkā)

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک•(kāf)

1. The twenty-eighth letter ofPunjabiin theShahmukhiscript.

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

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kʊ̽/

Suffix

کُ•(ku) (Gurmukhi spellingਕੁ)

1. approximately,roughly,nearly

   کِنّاکُ؟―kinnāku?―roughlyhow much?

   مِیلکُ―mīlku―nearlya mile

2. a little,a bit,slightly

   رَتاکُ―ratāku―a littlebit

Etymology 3

FromSanskritकु-(ku-).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kʊ/

Prefix

کُـ•(ku-) (Gurmukhi spellingਕੁ-)

1. wrong,bad,mis-,dys-,mal-,ill-

   Antonym:سُـ(su-)

   کُویࣇے آئے ہو

   kuveḷe ā'e ho

   you camelate

   (literally, “you cameuntimedly”)

Derived terms

CategoryPunjabi terms prefixed with کnot found

Further reading

• “ਕੁ”,inPunjabi-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 theSindhiabjad.

Forms

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

See also

• (Letters of the Sindhi alphabet)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

• 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 theUrduabjad.

Forms

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

See also

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