Translingual

Syllable

का (kā)

1. The Devanagari consonant क k(a) with the matra diacritic ा -ā; for the vowel आ ā

Alternative forms

See Also

• For a list of words starting with का (kā) see: Special:Allpages/का
• (Devanagari script letters) अ,‎ आ,‎ इ,‎ ई,‎ उ,‎ ऊ,‎ ऋ,‎ ए,‎ ऐ,‎ ओ,‎ औ,‎ अं,‎ अः,‎ अँ,‎ क,‎ ख,‎ ग,‎ घ,‎ ङ,‎ च,‎ छ,‎ ज,‎ झ,‎ ञ,‎ ट,‎ ठ,‎ ड,‎ ढ,‎ ण,‎ त,‎ थ,‎ द,‎ ध,‎ न,‎ प,‎ फ,‎ ब,‎ भ,‎ म,‎ य,‎ र,‎ ल,‎ व,‎ श,‎ ष,‎ स,‎ ह,‎ त्र,‎ ज्ञ,‎ क्ष,‎ क़,‎ ख़,‎ ग़,‎ ज़,‎ झ़,‎ ड़,‎ ढ़,‎ ष़ ^{(Category: Translingual letters) [edit]}
• (matra): ा ‎(-ā)

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit किअउं ‎(किअउं) and Sanskrit कृतं ‎(kṛtaṃ) (perfect participle neuter of कृ ‎(kṛ, “to do”))

Postposition

का • ‎(kā) ‎(Urdu spelling کا)

1. of
2. belonging to

   राम का भाई  ―  rām kā bhāī  ―  Ram's brother

3. concerning
4. made of, consisting of

   लोहा का तलवार  ―  lohā kā talvār  ―  an iron sword

Usage notes

• का is a possessive particle in Hindi to show relationships with people and things, and in many cases it can be translated as a Saxon genitive, as possession would be used in English. It is not used to show possession by people of objects, the के पास ‎(ke pās) construction is used for that. का is the postposition of the genitive case in Urdū and Hindī, and, as such, is also frequently used as an adjective termination, e.g. सोने की घड़ी ‎(sone kī ghaṛī, “a gold watch”); काठ का घोड़ा ‎(kāṭh kā ghoṛā, “a wooden horse”).
• Some pronoun genitive forms change का into रा, e.x. मेरा ‎(merā, “my”).
• It also forms a large number of compound pospositions such as के साथ ‎(ke sāth, “with”), के पीछे ‎(ke pīche, “behind”), की तरफ़ ‎(kī taraf, “facing”), etc.

Declension

Pronoun

का • ‎(kā)

1. (dialectal) Alternative form of क्या ‎(kyā); what

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “का”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “का”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.