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 forms

• 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

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

काय • (kāya) root form, m

1. the body

Derived terms

• धर्मकाय (dharmakāya)

Descendants

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

References

• Monier Williams (1899), “काय”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 274, column 1.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kāya- - kārú”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[1] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 340
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “CAY² - CAY³”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 532