-क

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

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kə/, [kɐ]

-क • (-ka) m

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

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

-क • (-k) (Latin script -k, Kannada script -ಕ)

1. marks the accusative/dative case

Always appended to the oblique stem of the noun.

‎भाचो (bhātsô) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎भाच्याक (bhātsyāk)

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐ/

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

-क • (-ka) m

1. a diminutive masculine nominal suffix

   ‎शश (śaśa, “hare”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎शशक (śaśaka, “rabbit”; literally, “little hare”)

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

• → Hindi: -क (-ka)

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *-kas, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas, from Proto-Indo-European *-kos. Doublet of -अक (-aka) and -इक (-ika).

-क • (-ka) m

1. Forms doer/maker nouns from other nouns

   ‎फेन (phena, “foam”) + ‎-क (-ka) → ‎फेनक (phenaka, “soap”; literally, “foam-maker”)