-क

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə/, [kɐ]

Suffix

-क • (-ka) m

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

Derived terms

Hindi terms suffixed with -क

अंकुरक

अर्धक

अल्पसंख्यक

केंद्रक

त्रासक

प्रचारक

प्रस्तावक

बद्धक

युग्मक

विधेयक

संक्रामक

सांस्कृतिक

सार्थक

स्वस्तिक

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)

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Sanskrit -क (-ka)

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

Suffix

-क • (-ka) m

a diminutive masculine nominal suffix
‎शश (śaśa, “hare”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of -क
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	-कः (-kaḥ)	-कौ (-kau) -का¹ (-kā¹)	-काः (-kāḥ) -कासः¹ (-kāsaḥ¹)
accusative	-कम् (-kam)	-कौ (-kau) -का¹ (-kā¹)	-कान् (-kān)
instrumental	-केन (-kena)	-काभ्याम् (-kābhyām)	-कैः (-kaiḥ) -केभिः¹ (-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)
vocative	-क (-ka)	-कौ (-kau) -का¹ (-kā¹)	-काः (-kāḥ) -कासः¹ (-kāsaḥ¹)

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

Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns
‎फेन (phena, “foam”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)