# ک

| ک | U+06A9, &#1705; ARABIC LETTER KEHEH |
| ← ڨ [U+06A8] | Arabic | ڪ → [U+06AA] |
| ﮎ | U+FB8E, &#64398; ARABIC LETTER KEHEH ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﮍ [U+FB8D] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﮏ → [U+FB8F] |
| ﮏ | U+FB8F, &#64399; ARABIC LETTER KEHEH FINAL FORM |
| ← ﮎ [U+FB8E] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﮐ → [U+FB90] |
| ﮐ | U+FB90, &#64400; ARABIC LETTER KEHEH INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﮏ [U+FB8F] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﮑ → [U+FB91] |
| ﮑ | U+FB91, &#64401; ARABIC LETTER KEHEH MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﮐ [U+FB90] | Arabic Presentation Forms-A | ﮒ → [U+FB92] |

## Arabic
### Alternative forms

* ك (k)

### Letter

ک • (kāf) (obsolete)
* 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: /cɑf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /k/, /c/

### Letter

ک (k)
* 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: /k/, [k]

### Letter

ک (transliteration needed)
* The thirty-sixth letter of the Balti alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Burushaski
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /k/, [k]

### Letter

ک (k)
* The thirty-fifth letter of the Burushaski alphabet, written in the Perso-Arabic script

## Kashmiri
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /kiːf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /k/

### Letter

ک • (k)
* 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: [kaf]
* (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA: [k]
* (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA: [k̚]

### Letter

ک / ﮐـ / ـﮑـ / ـﮏ
* The twenty-fifth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Arabic script.
* Obsolete form of ݢ.

### Preposition

ک
* 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

## Pashto
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /kɑf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /k/

### Letter

ک • (kâf)
* 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)
* 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: /käːf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /k/

#### Letter

ک • (kāf)
* 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: /kʊ̽/

#### Suffix

کُ • (ku) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ)
* approximately, roughly, nearly
    کِنّا کُ؟ ― kinnā ku? ― roughly how much?
    مِیل کُ ― mīl ku ― nearly a mile
* a little, a bit, slightly
    رَتا کُ ― ratā ku ― a little bit

### Etymology 3

From Sanskrit कु- (ku-).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʊ/

#### Prefix

کُـ • (ku-) (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁ-)
* wrong, bad, mis-, dys-, mal-, ill-
    Antonym: سُـ (su-)
    کُویࣇے آئے ہوkuveḷe ā'e hoyou came late(literally, “you came untimedly”)

##### Derived terms
#### Further reading

* “ਕੁ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

## Sindhi
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /kʰaf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /kʰ/

### Letter

ک • (khāf)
* 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
* Previous letter: ڪ
* Next letter: گ

## Urdu
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /kɑːf/
* (phoneme): (Standard Urdu) IPA: /k/

### Letter

ک • (kāf)
* 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)