کا

کا (ka)

1. straw (a dried stalk of a cereal plant)

From Prakrit किअउं kiauṃ and Sanskrit कृतं (kṛtaṃ) (perfect participle neuter of कृ (kṛ) 'to do').

کا • (kā) Hindi spelling: का (kā) m

1. of
2. belonging to

   عامل کی بیٹی "Aamil's daughter"

3. concerning
4. made of, consisting of

• کا‎ is a possessive particle in Urdu to show relationships with people and things, and in many cases it can be translated as an apostrophe s as possession would be used in English. It is not used to show possession by people of objects, the کے‎ پاس‎ construction is used for that. کا‎ is the postposition of the genitive case in Urdū and Hindī, and, as such, is also frequently used as an adjective termination, e.g. sone-kī ghaṛī, 'a gold watch'; kāṭh-kā ghoṛā, 'a wooden horse'
• The oblique form کے‎ (ke) forms a large number of compound pospositions such as کے‎ ساتھ‎ (with), کے‎ پیچھے‎ (behind), etc.

• Feminine: کی‎ (kī)
• Oblique and plural: کے‎ (ke)

• 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.