Translingual

Syllable

को (kō)

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

Alternative forms

See Also

• For a list of words starting with को (kō) see: Special:Allpages/को
• (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): ो ‎(-ō)

Hindi

Etymology

From Prakrit कक्खहं ‎(kakkhahaṃ), from Prakrit कक्खे ‎(kakkhe) and Sanskrit कक्षं ‎(kakṣaṃ).

Postposition

को • ‎(ko) ‎(Urdu spelling کو)

1. to
2. up to
3. for
4. in, on
5. at
6. near, on the point of

Usage notes

को marks the dative and accusative. It can be used as a postfix similar to -wards (e.g. ūpar-ko, 'upwards'; āge-ko, 'afterwards').

See also

• Braj कौ ‎(kau) kau
• Dakkhanī kū

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “को”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

Nepali

Pronoun

को • ‎(ko)

1. who

Postposition

को • ‎(ko)

1. genitival suffix