काय

See also: क्यों, काया, क्यूँ, क्या, and किया

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *कादृक् (*kādṛk), from कीदृश (kīdṛśa) + -क (-ka). Cognate to Gujarati કે (ke), Hindi क्या (kyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Pronoun

काय • (kāy)

1. what

   तुझं नाव काय?

   tuj̈ha nāv kāy?

   What is your name? (informal)

See also

• कधी (kadhī)
• कसे (kase)
• का (kā)
• कोण (koṇ)
• कोणते (koṇte)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kīdŕ̊k”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Newar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kajə]

Noun

काय • (kāya) ? (Newa Spelling 𑐎𑐵𑐫)

1. son

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• kāya (Latin script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• কায (Bengali script)
• කාය (Sinhalese script)
• ကာယ or ၵႃယ (Burmese script)
• กาย or กายะ (Thai script)
• ᨠᩣᨿ (Tai Tham script)
• ກາຍ or ກາຍະ or ກາຢະ (Lao script)
• កាយ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄂𑄠 (Chakma script)

Etymology 1

Noun

काय m

1. Devanagari script form of kāya

Declension

Declension table of "काय" (masculine)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	कायो (kāyo)	काया (kāyā)
Accusative (second)	कायं (kāyaṃ)	काये (kāye)
Instrumental (third)	कायेन (kāyena)	कायेहि (kāyehi) or कायेभि (kāyebhi)
Dative (fourth)	कायस्स (kāyassa) or कायाय (kāyāya) or कायत्थं (kāyatthaṃ)	कायानं (kāyānaṃ)
Ablative (fifth)	कायस्मा (kāyasmā) or कायम्हा (kāyamhā) or काया (kāyā)	कायेहि (kāyehi) or कायेभि (kāyebhi)
Genitive (sixth)	कायस्स (kāyassa)	कायानं (kāyānaṃ)
Locative (seventh)	कायस्मिं (kāyasmiṃ) or कायम्हि (kāyamhi) or काये (kāye)	कायेसु (kāyesu)
Vocative (calling)	काय (kāya)	काया (kāyā)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

काय

1. Devanagari script form of kāya, which is instrumental/dative/ablative/genitive/locative singular of का (kā, “who (f.)”)

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• কায় (Assamese script)
• ᬓᬵᬬ (Balinese script)
• কায় (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰯𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑀸𑀬 (Brahmi script)
• ကာယ (Burmese script)
• કાય (Gujarati script)
• ਕਾਯ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑌾𑌯 (Grantha script)
• ꦏꦴꦪ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂰𑂨 (Kaithi script)
• ಕಾಯ (Kannada script)
• កាយ (Khmer script)
• ກາຍ (Lao script)
• കായ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘰𑘧 (Modi script)
• ᢉᠠᢗᠶ᠋ᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧑𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑐵𑐫 (Newa script)
• କାଯ (Odia script)
• ꢒꢵꢫ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑆳𑆪 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖯𑖧 (Siddham script)
• කාය (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜𑩛𑩻 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚭𑚣 (Takri script)
• காய (Tamil script)
• కాయ (Telugu script)
• กาย (Thai script)
• ཀཱ་ཡ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑒰𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑨊𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Related to चि (ci, “to collect, layer up”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɑː.jɐ/

Noun

काय • (kāya) stem, m

1. the body

Derived terms

• धर्मकाय (dharmakāya)

Descendants

• Pali: kāya
• → Lao: ກາຍ (kāi)
• → Telugu: కాయము (kāyamu)
• → Thai: กาย (gaai)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “काय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 1.