ک

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.

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (transliteration needed)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k/, [k]

Letter

ک (k)

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

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.

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.

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (kâf)

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

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

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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Etymology 3

From Sanskrit कु- (ku-).

Pronunciation

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

Letter

ک • (khāf)

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

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.