# ك

| ك | U+0643, &#1603; ARABIC LETTER KAF |
| ← ق [U+0642] | Arabic | ل → [U+0644] |
| ﻙ | U+FED9, &#65241; ARABIC LETTER KAF ISOLATED FORM |
| ← ﻘ [U+FED8] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻚ → [U+FEDA] |
| ﻚ | U+FEDA, &#65242; ARABIC LETTER KAF FINAL FORM |
| ← ﻙ [U+FED9] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻛ → [U+FEDB] |
| ﻛ | U+FEDB, &#65243; ARABIC LETTER KAF INITIAL FORM |
| ← ﻚ [U+FEDA] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻜ → [U+FEDC] |
| ﻜ | U+FEDC, &#65244; ARABIC LETTER KAF MEDIAL FORM |
| ← ﻛ [U+FEDB] | Arabic Presentation Forms-B | ﻝ → [U+FEDD] |

## Arabic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name): IPA: /kaːf/
* (Kuwaiti Gulf Arabic) (letter name): IPA: /kɑːf/
* (phoneme): IPA: /k/

### Etymology 1

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.

#### Letter

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)
* The twenty-second letter of the Arabic alphabet. It is preceded by ق (q) and followed by ل (l).

##### See also

* ک

### Etymology 2
#### Symbol

ك / كـ‍ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك • (kāf)
* The eleventh letter in traditional abjad order, which is used in place of numerals for list numbering (abjad numerals). It is preceded by ى and followed by ل (l).

### Etymology 3

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

#### Preposition

كَـ • (ka-)
* like, as (followed by a genitive case)
    زَيْدٌ كَـٱلْأَسَدِ. ― zaydun ka--l-ʔasadi. ― Zayd is like the lion.

##### Synonyms

* مِثْلَ (miṯla)

##### Derived terms

* كَذَا (kaḏā)
* هَٰكَذَا (hākaḏā)
* كَهَٰذَا (kahāḏā)
* كَذَٰلِكَ (kaḏālika)
* كَمَا (kamā)
* كَمَنْ (kaman)
* كَأَنَّ (kaʔanna)
* كَأَنَّمَا (kaʔannamā)

##### See also

* كَمَثَلِ (kamaṯali)

### Etymology 4

Cognate with Hebrew ־ך (-ḵ).

#### Pronoun

ـكَ • (-ka) m sg (enclitic form of أَنْتَ (ʔanta))
* 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)

#### Pronoun

ـكِ • (-ki) f sg (enclitic form of أَنْتِ (ʔanti))
* feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    بِكِ (biki, “to you”)
    بَيْتُكِ ― baytuki ― your (f) house)
    أُحِبُّكِ ― ʔuḥibbuki ― I love you (to a female)

### See also

* 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
* Wikipedia article on the Arabic alphabet
* Search for entries beginning with ك
1. Also used to emphasize attached pronouns and as a copula. 2. هُمْ (hum) becomes هُمُ (humu) before the definite article الـ (al--). 3. Specifically, ـنِي (-nī, “me”) is attached to verbs, but ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya, “my”) is attached to nouns. In the latter case, ـيَ (-ya) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a long vowel or diphthong (e.g. in the sound masculine plural and the dual), while ـِي (-ī) is attached to nouns whose construct state ends in a short vowel, in which case that vowel is elided (e.g. in the sound feminine plural, as well as the singular and broken plural of most nouns). Furthermore, -ū of the masculine sound plural is assimilated to -ī before ـيَ (-ya) (presumably, -aw of masculine defective -an plurals is similarly assimilated to -ay). Prepositions use ـِي (-ī) or ـيَ (-ya), even though in this case it has the meaning of “me” rather than “my”. The sisters of inna can use either form (e.g. إِنَّنِي (ʔinnanī) or إِنِّي (ʔinnī)). 4. ـهِـ (-hi-) occurs after -i, -ī, or -ay, and ـهُـ (-hu-) elsewhere (after -a, -ā, -u, -ū, -aw).

## Bulgar
### Etymology

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

### Pronoun

كُ (kü)
* (Volga Bulgar) this
    طَطَرْ بَلتُك هِيرِ حَجِمَ بَلُوى كُTatar Beltük hîri Hacime belüwi kü.This is Tatar Beltük's daughter Hacime's monument

#### Descendants

* Chuvash: ку (ku)

### References

* Unpublished Volga Bulgarian inscriptions A. H. Khalikov and J. G. Muhametshin, page 123
* Tekin, Talât (1988) Volga Bulgar kitabeleri ve Volga Bulgarcası [Volga Bulgarian Ephitaphs and Volga Bulgarian Language]‎ (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, →ISBN, page 111
* Erdal, Marcel (1993) Die Sprache der wolgabolgarischen Inschriften (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN

## Egyptian Arabic
### Pronoun

ك • (-ak, -k) m
* masculine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    ازيك (to a male) ― izzáyyak ― How are you?
    بيك ― bīk ― to you

### Pronoun

ك • (-ik, -ki) f
* feminine singular bound object pronoun: you, your
    ازيك (to a female) ― izzáyyik ― How are you?
    بيكي ― bīki ― to you

### See also

* بتاع (bitā́ʕ)

## Kazakh
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ك • (k)
* The sixteenth letter of the Kazakh in Arabic Script. It represents the Cyrillic letter К.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: ق
* Next letter: 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

## Khowar
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ك (kāf)
* The thirty-seventh letter of the Khowar abjad.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: ڨ
* Next letter: گ

## Malay
### Alternative forms

* ک

### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ك / ك‍ـ / ـ‍ك‍ـ / ‍ـك
* Obsolete form of ک.
* Obsolete form of ڬ.

#### 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

## Moroccan Arabic
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kaː/
* Usually unstressed and shortened to /ka/.

### Particle

ك • (ka-)
* 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.

## North Levantine Arabic
### Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ak after consonant or -k after vowel) m
* Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
* you, your (masculine)

### Suffix

ـك or ك • (-ik after consonant or -ki after vowel) f
* Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
* you, your (feminine)

#### Usage notes

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

#### See also

North Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns :
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural |
| | | after consonant | after vowel | Plural |
| 1st person | after verb | ـني (-ni) | ـني (-ni) | ـنا (-na) |
| 1st person | else | ـِي (-i) | ـي (-y) | ـنا (-na) |
| 2nd person | m | ـَك (-ak) | ـك (-k) | ـكُن (-kun) |
| 2nd person | f | ـِك (-ek) | ـكِ (-ki) | ـكُن (-kun) |
| 3rd person | m | ـُه (-o) | ـه (-h) | ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un) |
| 3rd person | f | ـها (-(h/w/y)a) | ـها (-(h/w/y)a) | | ـهُن (-(h/w/y)un) |

## Persian
### Alternative forms

* ک

### Letter

ك • (kâf)
* The alternative version of the twenty-fifth letter of the Perso-Arabic alphabet used in old manuscripts.

#### Forms

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

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic ـكَ (-ka).

#### Suffix

ـك • (-ak after consonant, -k after vowel) m
* Enclitic form of إنت (ʔinta)
* you, your (masculine)

##### See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns :
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural |
| | | after consonant | after vowel | Plural |
| 1st person | after verb | ـني (-ni) | ـني (-ni) | ـنا (-na) |
| 1st person | else | ـِي (-i) | ـي (-y) | ـنا (-na) |
| 2nd person | m | ـَك (-ak) | ـك (-k) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 2nd person | f | ـِك (-ek) | ـكي (-ki) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 3rd person | m | ـُه (-o) | ـه (-h) | ـهُم (-hom) |
| 3rd person | f | ـها (-ha) | ـها (-ha) | | ـهُم (-hom) |

### Etymology 2

From Arabic ـكِ (-ki).

#### Suffix

ـك • (-ek after consonant, -ki after vowel) f
* Enclitic form of إنتي (ʔinti)
* you, your (feminine)

##### Usage notes

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

##### See also

South Levantine Arabic enclitic pronouns :
| | | Singular | Singular | Plural |
| | | after consonant | after vowel | Plural |
| 1st person | after verb | ـني (-ni) | ـني (-ni) | ـنا (-na) |
| 1st person | else | ـِي (-i) | ـي (-y) | ـنا (-na) |
| 2nd person | m | ـَك (-ak) | ـك (-k) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 2nd person | f | ـِك (-ek) | ـكي (-ki) | ـكُم (-kom) / ـكو (-ku) |
| 3rd person | m | ـُه (-o) | ـه (-h) | ـهُم (-hom) |
| 3rd person | f | ـها (-ha) | ـها (-ha) | | ـهُم (-hom) |

### Etymology 3

From Arabic كَـ (ka-).

#### Preposition

كـ • (ka-, k-)
* 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”)

## Uyghur
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ك • (ke)
* The eighteenth letter of the Uyghur alphabet.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

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

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

ك (k)
* The twelfth letter of the Yoruba alphabet in the ajami script, equivalent to Latin script k.

#### Forms

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

#### See also

* Previous letter: ج
* Next letter: ل