No. 2 in Urdu
کی
The Urdu word "کی" is a postposition that indicates possession or relation and is equivalent to "of" or "'s" in English.
In a sentence
یہ کتاب کی قیمت زیادہ ہے۔
The price of this book is high.
In this sentence, 'کی' is used as a possessive marker indicating ownership or affiliation between 'کتاب' (book) and 'قیمت' (price).
کل کی بارش بہت زور دار تھی۔
Yesterday's rain was very intense.
Here, 'کی' functions to describe the association between the noun 'کل' (yesterday) and 'بارش' (rain), indicating a temporal relationship.
میں نے دوست کی مدد کی۔
I helped a friend.
In this sentence, 'کی' is used twice: first to indicate possession (belonging) between 'دوست' (friend) and 'مدد' (help), and second as a verb ending form associated with the feminine gender and past tense for the verb 'کرنا' (to do).
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