Punjabi[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from ਕੀ (kī, “what?”). Compare Hindi क्यों (kyõ).
ਕਿਉਂ • (kiũ)
- why
Interjection[edit]
ਕਿਉਂ • (kiũ)
- what say you? how now?
References[edit]
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਿਉਂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.