কোন

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Assamese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Ultimately from Sanskrit কঃ পুনৰ্ (kaḥ punar, who). Cognate with Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

কোন (kün)

  1. (interrogative) who
    কোনে কৈ আছে?
    küne koi ase?
    Who is speaking?
  2. (interrogative) which [কোন (kün) + classifier]
    কোনটো বেছি ভাল?
    küntü besi bhal?
    Which one is better?
    ঘৰটো কোনখিনি?
    ghortü künkhinit?
    Where is the house?
    (literally, “In which (place) is the house?”)
    তুমি কোনকেইডাল গছ ৰুইছিলা?
    tumi künkeidal gos ruisila?
    Which plants did you plant?

Declension[edit]

Declension of কোন
Singular Plural
nominative কোন
(kün)
কোন কোন
(kün kün)
objective কাক
(kak)
কাক কাক
(kak kak)
genitive কাৰ
(kar)
কাৰ কাৰ
(kar kar)
locative কাৰ গাত
(kar gat)
কাৰ কাৰ গাত
(kar kar gat)
ergative কোনে
(küne)
কোনে কোনে
(küne küne)

Synonyms[edit]

Bengali[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Bengali কউন (kauna), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀯𑀼𑀡 (kavuṇa), from Sanskrit कः पुनर् (kaḥ punar). Cognate with Odia କଣ (kôṇô), Maithili कोन (kōn), Punjabi ਕੌਣ (kauṇ), Gujarati કોણ (koṇ), Marathi कोण (koṇ), Hindi कौन (kaun).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /kon/, [ˈkoːn], [ˈkon]
    (file)
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /kon/, [ˈkoːn], [ˈkon]
    (file)
  • Rhymes: -on

Pronoun[edit]

কোন (kon)

  1. which
    কোনটা বেশি ভাল?
    kōnṭa beśi bhal?
    Which one is better?