কোন

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Assamese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

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


Bengali

Pronoun

কোন (kon)

  1. which
    কোনটা বেশি ভাল?
    Kon-ţa beshi bhalô?
    Which one is better?