کیا
Urdu
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "pra" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. केहो, earlier केद्दहो, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit कीट्टशः (kīṭṭaśaḥ).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /kjɑː/
Particle
کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)
- initial interrogative particle
Usage notes
- In this usage, it does not have a direct translation as a word in English, it simply makes a statement into a question.
- کیا آپ یہاں رہتے ہیں؟
- kyā āp yahā̃ rehte ha͠i?
- Do you live here?
- (literally, “[question marker] you here live is?”)
Pronoun
کیا • (kyā), Hindi spelling: क्या (kyā)
- (interrogative) what
- آم کا دام کیا ہے؟
- ām kā dām kyā hai?
- What is the price of mangoes?
- (literally, “Mangoes of price what is?”)
References
- McGregor, R.S, ed. The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, Oxford University Press. 1993
- Platts, John Thompson. A Dictionary of Urdu, Classical Hindi, and English London: W. H. Allen & Co., 1884. [1]