کا (ka)

1. straw

See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

• (Abadan)IPA^(key): [kʰɒː]

کا• (kâ)(dialectal)

1. Abadan form ofکاکا(kâkâ)

• Miller, Corey; Livingston, Jace; Vinson, Mark; Triebwasser Prado, Thomas (2014),Persian Dialects: As Spoken in Iran‎^[1], University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language, page31

Inherited fromSauraseni Prakritकिअउं(kiaüṃ), fromSanskritकृतं(kṛtaṃ)(perfect participle neuter ofकृ(kṛ,“to do”)). Dasa also suggestsक(ka,diminutive suffix). CompareHindiका(kā) andPunjabiدا(dā).

• (Standard Urdu)IPA^(key): /kɑː/

کا• (kā) (Hindi spellingका)

1. marks thegenitivecase:of,belonging to

   فیضکا بھائی ―faizkā bhā'ī ―Faiz's brother

   اُسکا دوست ―uskā dōst ―his friend

   عائشہکی گھڑی ―Aishakī ghaṛī ―Ayesha's watch

2. partof,from

   مالٹےکا رس ―mālṭekā ras ―orange juice (literally, “juicefrom orange”)

   ہاتھکی اُنگلی ―hāthkī unglī ―fingerof the hand.

3. made of,consisting of

   لوہےکی تلوار ―lōhēkī talvār ―an iron sword

4. worth,useful

   کیا یہ کوئی کہنےکی بات ہے؟

   kyā yeh kō'ī kehnēkī bāt hai?

   Is this something that isworth saying?

5. (in the oblique)formscompoundpostpositions

   کے دوران ―ke dorān ―during

   کی طَرَف ―kī taraf ―facing

• کا(kā) is a possessive particle in Urdu to show relationships with people and things, and in many cases it can be translated as anapostrophe s as possession would be used in English. It is not used to show possession by people of objects, and, as such, is also frequently used as an adjective termination, e.g.:
  • سونےکی گھَڑی ―sonekī ghaṛī ―a gold watch
  • کاٹھکا گھوڑا ―kāṭhkā ghoṛā ―a wooden horse
• In the case of the pronouns of the first and second persons,کا(kā) takes the formرا(rā):میرا(merā),تیرا(terā),ہَمارا(hamārā),تُمْہارا(tumhārā).
• The masculine obliqueکے(ke) and feminine obliqueکی(kī) form a large number of compound postpositions such asکےساتھ(ke sāth,“with”),کےپِیچھے(ke pīche,“behind”),کی طَرْح(kī tarh,“like”) etc.

• McGregor, R.S, ed.The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford university press. 1993
• Platts, John T.A dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English Oxford. 1884.

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