-क

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit -क (-ka). Doublet of -आ (-ā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə/, [kɐ]

Suffix

-क • (-ka) m

1. (productive only with Sanskrit loans) a diminutive masculine nominal suffix

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -क

Konkani

Etymology

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Suffix

-क • (-k) (Latin script -k, Kannada script -ಕ)

1. marks the accusative/dative case

Usage notes

Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.

‎भाचो (bhātsô) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎भाच्याक (bhātsyāk)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• -ᬓ (Balinese script)
• -က (Burmese script)
• -क (Devanagari script)
• -ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
• -𑌕 (Grantha script)
• -ꦏ (Javanese script)
• -𑂍 (Kaithi script)
• -ក (Khmer script)
• -ກ (Lao script)
• -ക (Malayalam script)
• -ᡬᠠ (Manchu script)
• -𑘎 (Modi script)
• -ᢉᠠ (Mongolian script)
• -𑦮 (Nandinagari script)
• -𑐎 (Newa script)
• -କ (Odia script)
• -ꢒ (Saurashtra script)
• -𑆑 (Sharada script)
• -𑖎 (Siddham script)
• -ක (Sinhalese script)
• -𑩜 (Soyombo script)
• -𑚊 (Takri script)
• -க (Tamil script)
• -ก (Thai script)
• -་ཀ (Tibetan script)
• -𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-keh₂. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-ъka.

Suffix

-क • (-ka) m

1. a diminutive masculine nominal suffix

   ‎शश (śaśa, “hare”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -क (-ka)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-कः -kaḥ	-कौ / -का¹ -kau / -kā¹	-काः / -कासः¹ -kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Vocative	-क -ka	-कौ / -का¹ -kau / -kā¹	-काः / -कासः¹ -kāḥ / -kāsaḥ¹
Accusative	-कम् -kam	-कौ / -का¹ -kau / -kā¹	-कान् -kān
Instrumental	-केन -kena	-काभ्याम् -kābhyām	-कैः / -केभिः¹ -kaiḥ / -kebhiḥ¹
Dative	-काय -kāya	-काभ्याम् -kābhyām	-केभ्यः -kebhyaḥ
Ablative	-कात् -kāt	-काभ्याम् -kābhyām	-केभ्यः -kebhyaḥ
Genitive	-कस्य -kasya	-कयोः -kayoḥ	-कानाम् -kānām
Locative	-के -ke	-कयोः -kayoḥ	-केषु -keṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• → Hindi: -क (-ka)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -अक (-aka) and -इक (-ika).

Suffix

-क • (-ka) m

1. Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns

   ‎फेन (phena, “foam”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)