को

From Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄 (ko), from Sanskrit क (ka) (whence Standard Hindi किस (kis)).

को (ko)

1. who?

Ultimately from a derivative of Sanskrit कृ (kṛ, “to do”). Compare Braj कौ (kau), Assamese -ক (-k).

को • (ko) (Urdu spelling کو‎)

1. marks the dative case: to

   मेरे भाई को पानी दीजिए। ― mere bhāī ko pānī dījie. ― Please give some water to my elder brother.

   आगरे को ― āgre ko ― to Agra

   ऊपर को ― ūpar ko ― upwards

2. in, at the time of

   मैं शाम को घर लौटूंगा। ― ma͠i śām ko ghar lauṭūṅgā. ― I will return home in the evening.

   बुधवार को ― budhvār ko ― on Wednesday

3. (Mysore) marks the locative case

   Synonym: में (mẽ) (Modern Standard Hindi)

को marks the dative. It can be used as a postfix similar to -wards (e.g. ऊपर को (ūpar ko, “upwards”); आगे को (āge ko, “afterwards”)).

It is suffixed to oblique forms of pronouns as well, e.g. the dative of मैं (ma͠i, “I”) is मुझको (mujhko).

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “को”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884), “को”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ká”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

को • (ko)

1. who

को • (ko)

1. genitival suffix

को

1. Devanagari script form of ko, which is the masculine nominative singular of क (ka)