क्व

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• ক্ব (Assamese script)
• ᬓ᭄ᬯ (Balinese script)
• ক্ব (Bengali script)
• 𑰎𑰿𑰪 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀓𑁆𑀯 (Brahmi script)
• ကွ (Burmese script)
• ક્વ (Gujarati script)
• ਕ੍ਵ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌕𑍍𑌵 (Grantha script)
• ꦏ꧀ꦮ (Javanese script)
• 𑂍𑂹𑂫 (Kaithi script)
• ಕ್ವ (Kannada script)
• ក្វ (Khmer script)
• ກ຺ວ (Lao script)
• ക്വ (Malayalam script)
• ᡬᠣᠸᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘎𑘿𑘪 (Modi script)
• ᢉᢦ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦮𑧠𑧊 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐎𑑂𑐰 (Newa script)
• କ୍ଵ (Odia script)
• ꢒ꣄ꢮ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆑𑇀𑆮 (Sharada script)
• 𑖎𑖿𑖪 (Siddham script)
• ක්‍ව (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩜 𑪙𑩾 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚊𑚶𑚦 (Takri script)
• க்வ (Tamil script)
• క్వ (Telugu script)
• กฺว (Thai script)
• ཀྭ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒏𑓂𑒫 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨋𑩇𑨭 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *kúwa, from Proto-Indo-European *kúw-o ~ *kw-ó. Cognate with Younger Avestan 𐬐𐬎𐬎𐬀 (kuua, “where? whither?”) and Latin quō. See also कु (ku).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kú.ʋɐ/

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kʋɐ/

Adverb

क्व॑ • (kvà)

1. where? whither?

See also

• Appendix:Sanskrit correlatives

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899), “क्व”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 324, column 2.
• Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992), “kvà”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 420
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “kva”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.