page_title: Devanagari ka
section_title: Usage
hierarchical_section_title: Devanagari ka / Usage
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: matras de l'écriture devanagariEnglish: devanagari writing matras
context_page_description: Ka is the first consonant of the Devanagari abugida. It ultimately arose from the Brahmi letter 𑀓, after having gone through the Gupta letter. Letters that derive from it are the Gujarati letter ક, and the Modi letter 𑘎.
context_section_description: In all languages, क is pronounced as [kə] or [k] when appropriate. In the following example, क implements its inherent vowel, the schwa:
  नकली = nakali [nəkəliː] "fake"
  In this example, क deletes the inherent schwa for correct pronunciation:
  बकवास = bakvās [bəkʋaːs] "nonsense"
  Certain words that have been borrowed from Persian and Arabic implement the nukta to more properly approximate the original word. It is then transliterated as a q.
  क़दम = qəd̪əm [qadam] "footstep"
caption: क with vowel diacritics.
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