क्या
Hindi
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Particle
क्या • (kyā) (Urdu spelling کیا)
- initial interrogative particle
- (deprecated template usage) क्या आपको कुछ पिएंगे?
- kyā āpko kuch pieṅge?
- Would you like anything to drink?
- (deprecated template usage)
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.
- Example:
Pronoun
क्या • (kyā) m or f (Urdu spelling کیا)
- (interrogative) what?
- (deprecated template usage) आम का दाम क्या है? ― ām kā dām kyā hai? ― What is the price of mangoes?
- (deprecated template usage) क्या हुआ? ― kyā huā? ― What happened?
- (rhetorical) such, what, how
- (deprecated template usage) क्या गाता है यह! ― kyā gātā hai yah! ― Such [finely] he sings!
- (deprecated template usage) क्या जाने ― kyā jāne ― who knows
Declension
Pronoun declension of क्या
singular | plural | |
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direct | क्या kyā |
क्या kyā |
indirect | किस kis |
किन kin |
ergative | किसने kisne |
- - |
genitive | किसका kiskā |
किनका kinkā |
dative | किसे, किसको kise, kisko |
किनको, किनको kinko, 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 |
References
- Template:R:Oxford Hindi
- Platts, John T. (1884) “क्या”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kím”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press