-क

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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
  • -ক (Assamese script)
  • -ᬓ (Balinese script)
  • -ক (Bengali script)
  • -𑰎 (Bhaiksuki script)
  • -𑀓 (Brahmi script)
  • -က (Burmese script)
  • -ક (Gujarati script)
  • -ਕ (Gurmukhi script)
  • -𑌕 (Grantha script)
  • -ꦏ (Javanese script)
  • -𑂍 (Kaithi script)
  • -ಕ (Kannada 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)
  • -క (Telugu script)
  • -ก (Thai script)
  • -་ཀ (Tibetan script)
  • -𑒏 (Tirhuta script)
  • -𑨋 (Zanabazar Square script)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) 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

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas. 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”)
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