कौन
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Hindi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Sauraseni Apabhramsa कवन (kavana), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar, “who”). Compare Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Bengali কোন (kōn).
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
कौन • (kaun) (Urdu spelling کون)
- (interrogative) who?
- कौन बोल रहे हैं? ― kaun bol rahe ha͠i? ― Who is speaking?
Declension[edit]
Pronoun declension of कौन
singular | plural | |
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direct | कौन kaun |
कौन kaun |
indirect | किस kis |
किन kin |
ergative | किसने kisne |
किनहोंने kinhõne |
genitive | किसका kiskā |
किनका kinkā |
dative | किसे, किसको kise, kisko |
किन्हें, किनको kinhẽ, kinko |
instrumental/ablative | किससे kisse |
किनसे kinse |
inessive | किसमें kismẽ |
किनमें kinmẽ |
adessive | किसपे, किसपर kispe, kispar |
किनपे, किनपर kinpe, kinpar |
terminative | किसतक kistak |
किनतक kintak |
semblative | किससा kissā |
किनसा kinsā |
Related terms[edit]
- क्या (kyā)
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कौन”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884), “कौन”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kaḥ punar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 127
- “कौन”, in Collins Gem Hindi-English Dictionary, Collins, 2011, →ISBN
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